Government’s new bus strategy highlights failures of deregulation

In publishing its national bus strategy for England, the government has “finally acknowledged that its bus deregulation policy has been a failure,” UNISON said today.
The union also believes that the £3 billion promised by Westminster to fund the strategy may not be enough for the long term – and won’t replace what has been lost in the decades since deregulation.
UNISON will fight to maintain its transport members’ level of pay and terms and conditions as the