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Thursday, 19 February 2026

The Guardian

• Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transportDemand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warnFamilies who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, according to councils in England, who say demand is rising “at an unsustainable rate”.Local authorities are urging the government to be “radical” in its Send reforms, which are expected imminently, warning that annual costs on home-to-school transport for children with Send could rise to £3.4bn by 2030-31, up from £2bn last year.

Cambridge News

• Busway bridge will be closed to pedestrians and cyclists for monthsThe closure is planned as part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s work to install safety fencing between the busway track and the pathway alongside it

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• National Express works with SQE and Zenobē on power sourcingEnd-to-end power management solution allows move from traditional fixed-price energy contract
• Trapeze Group rebrands businesses into four separate identitiesEbblo, Grampian Solutions, Naviquate and Nexfeld are the brands to emerge from the exercise
• Met Commercial Vehicle Unit disbanding savaged by former STCFormer Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell (pictured) has attacked a decision by the Metropolitan Police that will see the disbanding of its Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU), which she calls a 'world-class' enforcement arm.