Our local buses are still under threat, in summer 2022 labour campaigned hard and secured initial investment from the government to keep our buses on the road.

But that was nearly enough for the long term future of our buses.

Across South Yorkshire, Labour is spending an addition £7 million to keep busses running. That money wont last forever and we need long term funding from the government to prevent cuts to routes and timetables.

That will mean it’s harder to get to school, harder to get to work, harder to make hospital and doctors’ appointments.

Older residents and those least able to afford to run a car will be hardest hit – and of course it’s bad news for traffic and the environment too.

But we can avoid this, if the Conservative government just maintains the funding South Yorkshire’s buses received during Covid, until the time that bus use returns to pre-Covid levels. That’s all they need to do.

We need to put as much pressure on the government as possible.

We’ve already persuaded the government to extend the funding by six months and avoided a disaster in October. But its not enough to keep kicking can down the road.

Please note that this petition has now closed – but our fight for local bus services goes on.