Greater Manchester is 'in the lead' to run local bus services in the way the government wants the whole country to, the Transport Secretary has said.
Grant Shapps welcomed a court ruling in favour of Greater Manchester bringing its buses under public control, describing it as an 'excellent result'.
Sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday (March 9), Mr Justice Julian Knowles ruled that both the decision and the process followed to introduce a franchising system where operators have to bid to run services were lawful.
