'The transport of choice': Government unveils £3bn bus strategy to help curb car use

Cecilia Keating
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Prime Minister claims strategy will help ‘level up’ regional inequalities, but Labour argues plans do not go far enough to reinstate services after decade cuts

Details of a long-awaited national bus strategy are being unveiled by the government today, including plans to invest £3bn into a host of measures to boost bus travel and reduce car use across England...

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