One Leicestershire service currently needs £233,000 a year in subsidies to keep it running
By Greig Watson and Emily AndersonBus services in Leicestershire have been cut by 50%, according to data from the Department for Transport.
The county council, which is currently reviewing 26 services, said fewer passengers meant some routes needed large subsidies.the total distance covered by buses each year in England fell by 210 million miles in the five years to 2022.John Dawson said the bus service was a vital service which stopped him feeling trapped
For the past three years, the industry has been propped up by government grants totalling more than £2bn.John Dawson is a full time carer for his partner, Sandra, who has multiple sclerosis. "There is a school bus but that would cost over £1,000 a year per child, so £2,000 a year and we don't have that sort of money.
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