Westminster Watcher

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Bus funding in England: Approach is simply not fair

The Transport Committee has started to take oral evidence on its inquiry…

Has DfT accepted that National Bus Strategy is a pipedream?

Having spent months preparing Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs), surely one of…

BSIP funding allocation ‘displays a lack of political nous’

Reading the press release that accompanied the Department for Transport (DfT) announcement…

‘Where we go from here is anybody’s guess’

£150m over six months, with nothing more to come, feels more like…

Government short-termism: The bane of buses in England

Buses Minister Baroness Vere has said that the Department for Transport (DfT)…

Will 2022 be a defining year for the bus industry?

With continued government ‘incompetence’ and potential service cuts, the year ahead could…

Time to hold ‘the government’s feet to the fire’

With the appointment of a new Shadow Secretary of State for Transport,…

‘£3bn for bus improvement in England is inadequate’

So, the Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) in England are all in,…

Westminster Watcher: Prime Minister’s speech ‘an optimistic view of the future’

Prime Minister’s ‘vacuous’ speech at the Conservative Party conference was ‘full of rhetoric…

‘Economic challenges spell a tricky period for the industry’

As we move into the autumn season and, perhaps more importantly, edge…