Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising
You could say the same about energy firms transferring billions in profit into shareholders and bosses bonuses. If I was given a choice over what was brought under public control as a priority, my astronomical energy bills or bus services - I know which one I'm chosing. You'll ignore the fact that the very party who want to take control over buses in Liverpool have oversaw transforming the city centre into THE most bus unfriendly place to drive anywhere in the city and expect them to do a better job than what's currently here? By the way, Merseytravel also kept services at "covid levels" on their "socially neccesary" services for far longer than the private companies did, what was the excuse? If it was that smaller firms didn't have the staffing levels to cover an increase, why do you think a franchise model will do ANYTHING to change that?