First carries out threat to slash bus investment

Low UK bus profitability means investment cannot be sustained unless councils take steps to help the company grow revenue, says chief executive
 
FirstGroup will take delivery of 100 fewer new buses in 2018
 
FirstGroup has carried out its threat to stop buying new buses in towns and cities where local authorities are failing to provide adequate bus priority and pro-bus measures.
In the year to April 2018, First said it expected to take delivery of 180 new buses, approximately 100