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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Labour pledges biggest bus service overhaul in a generation after Tory 'managed decline'

Bus services will get their biggest overhaul in a generation if Labour gets into power, the party’s transport boss has promised.

In an interview with the Mirror, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh vowed to boost the UK's "failing" network after nearly 6,000 routes were scrapped and fares rocketed under the Tories.

She accused the Government of overseeing a "spiral of managed decline" and said her team is "chomping at the bit" to fix the mess.

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