Boris Johnson’s ‘bus back better’ plan in tatters as Treasury cuts funding by half

A central plank of the PM’s levelling-up strategy, the investment had been promised to improve transport in many ‘red wall’ areas

Boris Johnson is facing a growing backlash over his “levelling up” agenda as leaked documents on Sunday reveal that funding has been slashed in half for his favourite transport policy – improving bus services in more deprived areas including “red wall” seats.

The prime minister announced last year that £3bn would be spent on “new funding to level up buses across England towards London standards” as part of the government’s “bus back better” strategy. He said: “I love buses and I have never quite understood why so few governments before mine have felt the same way,” adding that “better buses will be one of our major acts of levelling up”.

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