Summary
Transport chiefs in Tyne and Wear have been accused of exaggerating a pounds 7m funding shortfall in providing free bus travel to pensioners ( and deliberately alarming passengers with demands for cuts in vital services.
Senior Labour MP Jim Cousins yesterday provoked outrage in the area when he said warnings of a pending pounds 7.3m blackhole were "false", suggesting proposed cuts in loss-making services had been announced in a bid to scaremonger.See the full content of this document
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Mp Questions Pounds 7m Transport Shortfall
School buses and child concessionary fares face the axe, according to Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority and Metro opera...
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