Breaking down the transport bonanza

 
Sing Alleluia and let the word go forth: white smoke has billowed from the chimney atop Number 11 – we have a Spending Review
 The chancellor at Taff’s Well Rail Depot (image: Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury)
 Among the bountiful gifts bestowed by the Chancellor are a four-year funding settlement to underpin England’s bus sector, a multi-billion-pound bonanza for nine city regions, and yet another reprieve for something that has morphed from a short-term reli