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Sunday, 09 August 2020

Department for Transport

• Multi-million-pound funding package for school transportNew funding for local authorities to ease pressure on public transport as children return in September

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Claim that Government announcement on bus funding is ‘stop gap’ solutionA GOVERNMENT announcement that emergency funding for bus services will continue in the short term is just a "stop gap" solution - according to local transport bosses.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• 'Ridiculous' bus service cut sparks covid fears - if you can even get on itThe Arriva service from Rhyl to Llandudo has been slashed from five buses an hour to just one

Yorkshire Post

• Yorkshire bus crisis: Why vital services being lost could damage region's economic recoveryThe potential collapse of smaller bus operators because of the coronavirus pandemic could hamper rural Yorkshire's economic recovery and leave vulnerable communities isolated.

Other News Sources

• Changes made to some Borders bus services to accommodate pupilsScottish Borders Council has confirmed the school transport arrangements that will be in place from Tuesday (August 11) to support the return of young people to school.
• New funding package for English school transportNew funding for local authorities to ease pressure on public transport as children return in September   Education secretary Gavin Williamson said the investment means that more students will be able to travel on dedicated home to school and college transport, creating even more capacity where it is needed most   New dedicated school and college transport to get take thousands of students to school or college in England in the autumn term, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced today. To support the national priority for all children and young people to return to full-time ed...
• Support extended for English buses and tramsBus and tram services in England will receive extra support worth up to £256m   Transport minister Baroness Vere said the new funding would ensure that sufficient service levels were available as the economy opens up and more people use public transport   England’s bus and tram services will receive extra support worth up to £256m to help them ramp up services ahead of expected increases in public transport use in September, the government has announced today. Bus services across the country will receive up to £218.4m of support over the next eight weeks, with rolling funding at up t...