Charlotte Nichols on levelling up bus services

During a speech to Westminster Hall, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols called for the government to “match” Labour local councils’ “ambitions” in improving bus services outside of London, criticising ministers for “pulling the rug from underneath” local communities.

The Labour MP for Warrington North shared her concern for the funding for levelling up bus services decreasing from £3 billion to £1.2 billion for the next three years.

Nichols highlighted the importance of bus services being the “connections between our homes and communities, jobs and opportunities, healthcare and our friends and families”.