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Thursday, 20 January 2022
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- First Manchester drivers to strike for 11 days amid pay disputeManchester bus drivers unhappy with their current wages are to stage more walkouts next month.
- Harrow: 39ft bus lane pockets council £442k in finesNearly 8,000 drivers in Harrow were caught using the bus lane between April 2019 and December 2021.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Extra funding to tackle West Yorkshire's HGV and bus driver 'crisis'TRAINING providers in West Yorkshire will be given extra cash to offer HGV and bus driver courses to deal with the current driver crisis.Recent months have seen a shortage in both HGV drivers and bus drivers, which has led to services across West Yorkshire being reduced or cancelled.On Wednesday West Yorkshire Combined Authority, made up of five West Yorkshire Councils, announced its attempts to tackle the crisis by getting more local providers to begin training the next generation of drivers.With a shortage of HGV drivers due to a mix of Covid 19 and Brexit, haulage companies have offered hig...
Nation. Cymru
- Lib Dems call for free public transport for under 25s in WalesAhead of a debate in the Senedd later today the party’s leader Jane Dodds has argued that Wales needs radical solutions to shift large sections of the public towards sustainable transport and in order to cut poverty levels.
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