With the budget announcement, the news came that bus fares would now be capped at £3 instead of the £2 that it has been previously, fortunately for Manchester’s commuters, Andy Burnham has their back.
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00:00Bus fares across the country are going up, but Manchester is standing firm.
00:04I'm Theo Huston-Betts and today we're going to be talking about something that should
00:07make the people of this part of the country pretty proud to be Manchester.
00:11Last week's budget has been met with mixed reactions.
00:14Labour stuck to their promise of not raising taxes for individuals and have committed a
00:17lot of money to some areas of the country that are desperate for investment.
00:20But policies like the increase of bus fares from £2 to £3 has drawn a lot of criticism.
00:25Fortunately for those living here, the cost will be frozen at £2.
00:29Now much has been made of the success of the BU network in and around the city, with
00:32the cheap buses allowing for much easier and more accessible travel between the city centre
00:36and other parts of the region, which has boosted the local economies of many places around
00:40here.
00:41And Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, refused to allow the price to change, certainly
00:44for the whole of 2025.
00:46Phase 1 of the BU network is set to be completed midway through that year, and the level of
00:50government funding for the next phase will be revealed then, which may prompt a later
00:54rise towards the £3 cap.
00:56But for now, Mounts can rest easy with cheaper bus fares than many areas across the country.