Andy Burnham and other Elected Mayors/Leaders have met in Leeds today. Top of the agenda as far as Gtr. M'cr is concerned is that Andy Burnham has effectively said that Buses WILL be reformed under options in the Bus Services Act, As soon as possible! However, he has NOT committed to Franchising and after all the evidence is gathered, proposals will go out to public consultation next Summer/Autumn. First and Stagecoach have wasted no time in responding; they've announced further inflation busing fare rises from 2nd January. This will be the second increase in 9 months as far as Stagecoach are concerned and means the most vulnerable passengers (part time workers; shoppers and regular visitors to Health Centres will have seen fares increase well over 10% since this time last year.