Andy Burnham’s push to bring local buses under public control has left the West Midlands with a £30m bill after the private-sector operator decided to pull out of the region.

A former MP has warned that regional mayor Richard Parker is taking a risk with public finances in taking over the bus ...

West Midlands Combined Authority has bought out the entire bus operations of National Express West Midlands, as Mayor Richard Parker pushes ahead with plans to bring bus services back into public ...

Buses in the West Midlands will soon become publicly owned to keep services running for millions of people. Mobico, the ...

Prime minister praises ‘single biggest act of public control’, even though routes will ultimately be run by private groups ...

Bus operators are to be invited to tender to run routes across parts of the West Midlands network as the next step in introducing a franchised system gets under way. Invitation to tender for the first ...

The partnership between the West Midlands and the Government is also believed to protect around 4,800 jobs and keep up to 750 buses a day on the road. West Midlands’ Labour mayor Richard Parker said: ...

No 10 North and the West Midlands Combined Authority have joined forces to save local bus services in private hands that were at risk of vanishing.

Unite have welcomed the decision by West Midlands Combined Authority to buy up the bus operations ...

The company said the deal to sell its West Midlands-based UK Bus business is part of efforts to make Mobico ‘simpler and ...

The buy-out of National Express West Midlands' bus services has been slammed for leaving taxpayers with all the risks of the ...

Mayor Richard Parker said the move towards franchising the bus network remains unchanged ...