The Urban Transport Group has responded to the Government’s decision to extend funding to protect bus services and continue the national £2 fares cap until early summer.

Bus passengers could be dealt the double blow of fewer services and higher fares if the Government ends its Covid-related support for the bus at the end of March.

Steve Warrener, the Managing Director of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), is the new Chair of the Urban Transport Group – the UK’s network of city region transport authorities.

The future of bus services in England ‘hangs in the balance’ as Government funding needed to keep the wheels turning expires at the end of March.