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Andy Burnham is taking back the buses“ and it could be transformative

Privatisation and austerity have decimated Britain's bus routes. The Manchester mayor is right to interveneIn 1986, the same year that Maradona's Hand of God broke English hearts, Margaret Thatcher broke Britain's buses. Her 1985 Transport Act, which came into force in October the following year, privatised Britain's bus services and deregulated them everywhere except London. Thirty-five years on, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has, perhaps, struck back, announcing his plans to re-regulate the city's bus service.

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  • Andy Burnham is taking back the buses“ and it could be transformative Privatisation and austerity have decimated Britain's bus routes. The Manchester mayor is right to interveneIn 1986, the same year that Maradona's Hand of God broke English hearts, Margaret Thatcher broke Britain's buses. Her 1985 Transport Act, which came into force in October the following year, privatised Britain's bus services and deregulated them everywhere except London. Thirty-five years on, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has, perhaps, struck back, announcing his plans to re-regulate the city's bus service.
  • Suez canal: Syria 'rations' fuel as efforts to free stuck ship failSyria oil ministry restricts supply as canal chief says technical or human errors may have been behind stranding of the Ever GivenSyrian authorities say they have begun rationing fuel as the blockage of the Suez canal stretched into a sixth day, delaying vital shipments and worsening the country's oil shortages.Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011 and faces a severe economic crisis. It had already announced a more than 50% rise in the price of petrol in mid-March.

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  • More support in Scotland for light railEdinburgh Trams and the Glasgow Subway are to be given a further £7.5 million in government funding to help support both systems while they continue to experience a significant fall in revenue as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding follows swiftly on from the UK Government support for English systems outside of London and now means that the Scottish Government have provided £28.5 million since the start of the pandemic.

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