Talks are being held over whether to trial the return of night buses to Merseyside.
This follows calls from nighttime business for the buses to return who say a lack of transport is turning places like the Wirral into "inaccessible islands" at night and hurting Merseyside’s local economy
Late night bus services between Liverpool and Wirral were removed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the offer of a grant by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, private bus operators made a decision not to reinstate late night services when restrictions were lifted because they were not commercially profitable.