After 14 years of the Tories, Britain’s buses are broken - but this Labour government is taking action to fix them. In Britain, bus operators can cut services and raise fares without asking the people who use them. This has left many communities with little control over their buses. Labour wants to change this by giving everyone the power to decide on their bus routes, fares, and services.

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Labour plans to save and boost bus routes across England, making buses better and faster. Buses are super important to Wakefield and Rothwell, but the Tories' broken system has let many communities like Wakefield and Rothwell down.

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We’ve already started improving Britain’s buses, but the new Buses Bill will be the biggest change yet. Labour wants to give local leaders more power to manage bus services, so communities can have more control.

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Mayor Tracy Brabin has already announced plans to take back control of our buses in West Yorkshire through bus franchising. This means she will be able to set the routes, fares, and schedules instead of private operators.

Bus companies will bid for contracts to run services planned by the mayor. Its not a simple process to return control back to communities after 40 years of failed deregulation. It took Mayor Andy Burnham 7 years to get the fantastic Bee Network up and running in Greater Manchester, but thanks to changes made by this Labour government and the hard work and determination of Mayor Brabin we hope we could see this in place in Wakefield and Rothwell much sooner. 

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