Manchester’s buses are back under public control: this is how to run local transport | Cat Hobbs

After decades of chaos, what Andy Burnham and campaigners have achieved could be a blueprint for the rest of the UKCat Hobbs is the founder of We Own It, which campaigns for public ownership of public servicesAfter nearly 40 years of Thatcherite deregulation and privatisation, the buses in Manchester are back under public control. On Sunday, 50 Bee Network electric buses will take their first journey across Bolton, Wigan and parts of Salford and Bury, with the full rollout across Greater Manches