Sign our petition to support Labour’s plans to hand powers back to local councils to determine new bus routes and set affordable fares

The Labour party will seek to overhaul failing bus services in the biggest change in the sector in 40 years, giving local areas in England devolved powers to reinstate cancelled routes and set affordable fares.

The changes will be brought in as part of a “take back control bill” that would give authorities powers to start their own publicly owned bus services.

Said the shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, “The reforms would be the most consequential in a generation for public transport relied on by millions. Labour will change the system that is fundamentally broken

“It is a total quiet crisis that’s happening in every community and it has really serious effects on people’s lives, but it also has really serious effects on the economy, and it’s just not getting the attention it deserves.”

Louise is right. For too long central government cuts have left our bus network sparse, unreliable and expensive. Residents across Bishop Auckland Constituency  deserve a bus network that works for us.

Sign this petition to support Labour’s plans to hand powers back to local councils to determine new bus routes and set affordable fares.