Calls to save bus services

A TRADE union have called on councillors to help stop a decline in bus services.

GMB is urging local authorities to implement the bus services act to protect services in the area.

Paul Maloney, GMB Southern Regional Secretary, said: ‘It should be recognised that although the numbers of bus journeys per person is declining, buses are the most frequently used form of public transport.

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‘Across the country vital buses are being axed by local authorities as they make financially agonising decisions of where to cut spending.’

In Portsmouth there has been a decrease of two journeys per head of population since 2009, according to a study by GMB Southern Region of official data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).