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Inequality: TfL spends £bns on Tube, as Cumbria cuts buses

John Sutton, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16
21 February 2014
While London plans to spend billions of pounds on improving the Tube and hundreds of millions on cycling, councils elsewhere in England can no longer afford to spend a few million pounds on tendered bus services, writes John Sutton
While London plans to spend billions of pounds on improving the Tube and hundreds of millions on cycling, councils elsewhere in England can no longer afford to spend a few million pounds on tendered bus services, writes John Sutton

 

In the last issue you report on cuts to public transport expenditure in South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Herefordshire, including the withdrawal of funding to supported bus services that are essential lifelines for many communities. 

These are just the latest in a series of cuts to essential services across the country including Cornwall, Norfolk, Worcestershire and Tyne & Wear reported previously in LTT. These cuts will save tens of millions of pounds and have a severe impact on the...

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