Sunday, 01 July 2012
BBC News
- Metro 'wants to control West Yorkshire buses' The passenger transport authority in West Yorkshire has decided it wants to take control of bus services across the county.
Wales Online
- Cardiff news: £100,000 spent on plans but still no start date for Cardiff's bus stationThe Welsh Conservatives have accused Cardiff council of spending “excessive” amounts on the bus station proposals then wasting the money by scrapping the plans when control of the council changed.
Yorkshire Post
- Chiefs back plan for bus ˜quality contracts™WEST Yorkshire’s passenger transport authority is pushing ahead with plans to take greater control of bus services across the county with a “quality contracts” scheme.
Other Regional Press
- Metro agrees to press ahead with bus dealBUS services across West Yorkshire have moved a step nearer being taken back under public control.
Breaking News
Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control
Sweeping reform would begin with renationalisation of key routes and end franchising of servicesPlans to bring the national rail network back under public ownership in order to halt big fare increases and prevent private companies siphoning off huge profits will be considered by Labour as part of its policy review, the Observer can reveal.An independent thinktank report out on Monday, which puts forward a detailed plan for effective renationalisation, was warmly welcomed by the party's transport spokeswoman, Maria Eagle, who said the study was timely and put forward a
Cameron crony knew 'for a week' about petrol U-turn (but Transport Secretary was kept in the dark)
Party sources said Lord Feldman, one of David Cameron’s closest friends, was ‘in the loop’ about the climb down on the 3p a litre fuel duty.
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