Fare Cap

[jasmine]

Diamond are also raising to £2.90, just announced - it is NOT an NX thing quite clearly, but I doubt Parker will go after Diamond for it.

Politician's gonna politic

[Stu]

Politician's gonna politic

The Lib Dem leader at BCC is playing 'political football'. And the media aren't helping with another misleading headline.

Birmingham bus fare rises higher than London and Manchester - everything you need to know

Liberal Democrat Leader for Birmingham, councillor Roger Harmer said: "Yet again, Birmingham residents are getting the rough end of the stick under a Labour Government and a Labour controlled council.
"Nationally Labour have brought us the winter fuel payment cancellation and they have maintained the two-child benefit cap. Locally they have brought financial mismanagement on an unprecedented scale with reduced services and council tax up by 21 per cent over two years.
"Now, residents are facing a 45 per cent increase to a single bus fare. Bus use in this region is already in decline. This increase in bus charges will further discourage people from taking the bus which could lead to our roads becoming even more congested."

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-bus-fare-rises-higher-30702824

Bus fares are nothing to do with the city council. And if he wants to have a swipe at the Labour government, why not point out that it is they who increased the cap to £3, which is why our single fare is going up?

[joieman]

The Lib Dem leader at BCC is playing 'political football'. And the media aren't helping with another misleading headline.

Birmingham bus fare rises higher than London and Manchester - everything you need to know
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-bus-fare-rises-higher-30702824

Bus fares are nothing to do with the city council. And if he wants to have a swipe at the Labour government, why not point out that it is they who increased the cap to £3, which is why our single fare is going up?

Isn't it the same Labour Party that runs the country (badly) also running Birmingham (badly)?