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Derbyshire has managed bus cuts better than others

Julian Peddle Ipswich IP8
11 May 2018
 

John Disney’s criticism of bus services in Derbyshire is unfair and at odds with the facts (Letters LTT 27 Apr). 

All local authorities have seen a massive reduction in their grants from central government and have had to economise on non-statutory services such as bus subsidies, whereas they are forced to retain the national concessionary scheme that underpays bus operators.

But Derbyshire has at least come up with a workable plan spread over two years to reduce services, and there...

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