BBC Feature on First Bus Service Cuts
BBC Points West ran a short feature on the proposed local bus cuts.
Read MoreWeston MP’s Slams First Bus & North Somerset Council for Axing Services After £48M Government ‘Bus Back Better’ Cash in April
Weston’s MP John Penrose has criticised First Bus and North Somerset Council for axing key bus routes just months after accepting £48M in Government cash to improve local bus services. In April, North Somerset Council was granted £48million with a further £57.5million to be used as a pooled revenue fund with…
Read MoreUphill Views: More of Weston joins the England Coast Path project
As a coastal village, Uphill is (of course) in the England Coast Path project. It’s a genuinely big idea: it will go all the way around the coast of England and measure roughly 2,705 miles once it’s complete – the longest coastal path in the world. To put it into perspective,…
Read MoreJohn asks Ministers to look again at their Rail Plans if they want to make customers king…
John tells Ministers he is really worried about Government rail plans. More choice and variety would make customers king (& queens!), but current proposals will weaken competition, reduce choice, and extend central state planning enormously.
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