Oliver Coppard, Mayor of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, has partnered with The Star in their Back Our Buses campaign, asking the government for fair funding for the bus network.
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00:00 So we want the government alongside everybody across South Yorkshire to back our buses.
00:06 In South Yorkshire at the moment we get about £4.50 per person for bus funding from the government to keep buses going on the road.
00:14 Meanwhile in places like the West Midlands they get about £30 per person.
00:19 So we're saying mind the gap, close the gap, give us the funding that we need in order to provide the bus services that people in South Yorkshire so desperately need
00:27 so that buses are frequent and reliable, punctual and help us grow our economy through getting a better bus network.
00:33 I think that the government should absolutely support our campaign for better buses.
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