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Bus Services: Finance

Commons · Question 74262 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Government protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped, published on 3 June 2025, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to l

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 9 Sep 2025

Repealing the ban on establishing new local authority bus companies (LABCos) will give local leaders the freedom and flexibility to establish a bus company that matches the needs of their passengers, their aims and ambitions for the network, and the avail...