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Bus fares could be capped at £2 a journey for a year in England to help with cost of living crisis

Proposals outlined by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

Wales Online · Aug 15, 2022

Plan to cap bus fares at £2 per journey

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the measure would provide ‘concrete help’ to the most vulnerable people.

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

The Northern Agenda: The £4.8bn fund that could make dreams come true in Bolton, Bradford, Blackburn and North Shields

This is what Northern leaders want from round two of the Levelling Up Fund

Manchester Evening News · Aug 15, 2022

Sadiq Khan And Andy Burnham Join Forces To Criticise Avanti West Coast Service Cuts

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have criticised Avanti West Coast for drastically reducing its timetables, branding the decision “completely unacceptable”.In a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the regional leaders said the train operator’s recent timetable cuts were a “national outrage”.Avanti West Coast slashed its…

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022

The Northern Agenda: The last house on Holcombe Close

The Wilson family are all that stand in the way of a £250m regeneration project

Chronicle Live · Aug 10, 2022

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham join forces to criticise Avanti West Coast service cuts

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have criticised Avanti West Coast for drastically reducing its timetables, branding the decision “completely unacceptable”.

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022

'Frankly a national outrage': Greater Manchester leaders and London Mayor hit out at decision to cut trains to and from capital

People are unable to currently buy tickets for Manchester to London while the timetable is being slashed.

Manchester Evening News · Aug 9, 2022

Row breaks out over rail company slashing number of London trains

A furious row has broken out between unions and a rail operator that has slashed its train timetable and suspended ticket sales blaming "severe staff shortages".

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2022

Motorists could drive lorries without extra test to battle HGV shortage

Under the current rules, drivers must pass five tests to become a lorry or bus driver.

Daily Record · Aug 9, 2022

Car drivers 'to be allowed to drive HGVs' without taking a test

It's hoped a change in the law will help ease the UK's HGV driver shortage

Liverpool Echo · Aug 9, 2022