Hundreds more bus services in England under threat amid funding shortfall

The bus recovery grant, brought in to keep services running as passenger numbers slowly returned after Covid-19, is due to run out at the end of March. Photograph: Mike Kipling Photography/Alamy

Hundreds more of England’s dwindling bus services could be axed next week with a funding shortfall looming, transport authorities have warned.

Labour said the government had “just 10 days to act” before operators start having to cut routes because of the expiry of post-pandemic state support.