STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport (SPT) has become Scotland’s first authority to back the introduction of franchised bus services.

The decision was made at a board meeting today and comes after organisations from across Scottish society united to demand reregulation of buses and an end to profiteering.

Better Buses for Strathclyde brought together transport activists at Get Glasgow Moving with organisations ranging from parents groups to the Poverty Alliance, Friends of the Earth and the STUC to demand a model that gives increased powers over bus fares, frequency and routes, garnering 10,000 signatures in support of their cause last month.