New airport link as buses come under public control

Summary

A new link to Liverpool John Lennon Airport will be among the expansion of services as Liverpool city region buses come under public control for the first time in 40 years.

In 1986, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government deregulated bus services across the UK. Now, four decades on, city region Mayor Steve Rotheram is to begin reversing that process, starting in St Helens.

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