Bus Back Better
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Bus Back Better is a strategy published by the British Department for Transport and transport minister Grant Shapps that covered the government's plans for buses in England outside of London. Initially consisting of £3 billion of funding, leaked documents suggest that the strategy has been scaled back to only have £1.4 billion of funding.
History
In February 2020, the government pledged £3 billion of funding for buses.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-15|title=Local transport update: national bus strategy for England published|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-transport-update-national-bus-strategy-for-england-published|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Department for Transport|language=en}}
The Bus Back Better document was published on 15 March 2021 and contains a spending plan for the previously announced £3 billion of funding. It included promises to purchase 4,000 British-built electric or hydrogen buses, integrated ticketing, fare caps, and new bus lanes.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-03-15|title=Boris Johnson to unveil £3bn bus sector shake-up to drive 'levelling up'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/15/boris-johnson-to-unveil-3bn-bus-sector-shake-up-to-drive-levelling-up|access-date=2022-02-04|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
In February 2021, a letter was leaked indicating that the budget had been cut from £3 billion to £1.4 billion.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-23|title=Boris Johnson’s ‘bus back better’ plan in tatters as Treasury cuts funding by half|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/23/boris-johnsons-bus-back-better-red-wall-levelling-up-treasury-cuts-funding|access-date=2022-02-04|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
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