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The UK government has published a bus strategy that aims to replicate the London franchising model throughout the rest of England. It says its vision is simpler fares, thousands of new buses, improved routes and higher frequencies. As part of this, it plans to do away with privatised local services, with a consultation planned this autumn on reform of the Bus Service Operators Grant. In a news story, the government said: "The fragmented, fully commercialised market, which has operated outside London since 1986, will end. We want to see operators and local councils enter into statutory'enhanced partnerships'or franchising agreements to receive the new funding and deliver the improvements." |