Plans for public control of buses suffer a setback

Tyne and Wear’s plans to take back control of bus routes, timetables and fares from private operators would not provide value for money, says rulingPlans to bring local buses back under public control have been dealt a blow by a ruling over Tyne and Wear’s pioneering attempt to regulate its services.In the culmination of a bitter, drawn-out battle between the regional authority in Newcastle upon Tyne and private bus firms, an independent board has dismissed a scheme to re-regulate bu