MattJarram commented Council calls for end to Government transport clause

Nottingham Labour councillors have called for the removal of a Government clause which would affect bus services.Steve Battlemuch, Labour councillor for Wollaton West, said that Clause 21 of the Bus Service Bill will effectively 'prohibit a local authority from forming a company for the purposes of providing a local bus service'; meaning that other local authorities will be unable to own, or have a major shareholding in a bus company, as Nottingham City Council does with Nottingham City...