I’d say the £2 cap is at risk, they’ve promised no spending cuts directly on public services but this money

A - hasn’t been spent yet so is an easy win
B - isn’t a Truss policy
C - isn’t a big vote winner

Everyone else who jumped aboard the metro mayor and city region mayor boat is freezing fares with money in their pockets. Yet again we lose out because of Sunderland, Gateshead and South Tynesides inferiority complex towards Newcastle.

Damage is done for gne now. They’ve proved to be by far the worst of the big operators up here and I look at how openly and regularly Stagecoach and arriva were mocked….who’s laughing now?