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The National Pensioners' Convention takes place in London later this month and the railway industry's plan to axe hundreds of front counters will be top of the agenda
Submitting... We aren’t holding him to his pledge to actually take our bus services into public ownership, we are just asking for greater control over the routes, prices and frequencies by ‘franchising’, similar to the set-up in London and soon in Manchester. Instead, he is introducing a much more vague ‘Enhanced Partnership’, of which no-one really knows the exact meaning, but which crucially allows the bus operators to continue in control of the service and to put shareholders first. Compare this with Tracy Brabin, who was elected mayor of West Yorkshire just four weeks ago. S...
× MEMBERS of a Barnsley teachers’ union say they are worried about safety as schools prepare to reopen to all pupils. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in his ‘coronavirus roadmap’ that schools would be allowed to reopen from March 8 due to a fall in Covid cases. Currently schools across the borough are closed except to children of key workers to help keep the infection rate low. The new move would mean that the 87 schools across the borough would be permitted to open their doors after a two-month absence. Now, the Barnsley National Education ...