£345m BSOG funding set for reform, not cut

O’Toole believes £345m a year grant is safe
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FirstGroup’s discussions with the Department for Transport have indicated that the DfT’s £345m a year Bus Services Operators Grant budget is unlikely to be severely affected by the Treasury’s demands for spending cuts at the DfT.
Instead chief executive Tim O’Toole said that changes to the way BSOG in England is allocated are the most likely outco