Tory council chiefs joined a furious backlash today after being “overlooked” in Boris Johnson ’s cut-back bus funding plan.
Ministers announced £1.2bn for 34 areas to cut fares and journey times in “bus service improvement plans” (BSIPs) - including Kent, Norfolk, Warrington, Somerset and West Berkshire.
Yet the cash went to fewer than half of the 79 English areas that were eligible and told to apply.
