Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3.

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• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Great.

  Now do trains

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  • Charzard4261@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love playing “will the train be cancelled today?” every morning. Luckily covid’s WFH revolution means I have a plan b, but for people who have to go in every day… I pity them.

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    • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t know how people can rely on trains for a commute without getting sacked. Do they have to catch the train 1-2 hours earlier than they should need to?

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  • Tamo240@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The cap has been increased by 150% from £2 to £3.

    Please under no circumstances do trains.

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    • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think they’re referring to actually having a cap.

      Also it’s a 50% increase not 150%.

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• zante@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are you some kind of shill ?

  The story is it’s increased by 50% from £2

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  • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Only if you are looking for false negatives.

    The story is the discount was planned to end. But has instead been reduced by 50%.

    You can only claim it is an increase if you claim a discount was not planned to end. And that is just a lie.

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    • zante@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s so ridiculous I’m lost for words, quite frankly. To suggest a 50% increase is a positive because it could have been worse is at best very stupid and worst, dishonest .

      It seems feddit has been captured by the party faithful . At least we know now.

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    • Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You could argue that the story is that labour didn’t decide to continue the full discount (and have therefore put up the price) when they could have.

      I would prefer more/better services over price, but a lot of others depends on the current price of the existing busses.

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    • Tamo240@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They could have renewed it at £2 and still increased the funding without taking it from people who rely on public transport.

      No false dichotomies please.

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  • Dot@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shill for who exactly?

    I just thought that this news is worth sharing.

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    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Big bus.
      We know they’re paying you off with day savers, don’t deny it!

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    • zante@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Every single news outlet bar none is reporting g the real story which is that it’s a 50% increase from the previous cap of £2

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