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Victory rally as West Yorkshire bus services brought back under public control
Campaigners celebrate West Yorkshire bringing its bus services back under public control with Labour Mayor Tracy Brabin [Neil Terry / Neil Terry Photography]

TRANSPORT campaigners celebrated victory today as West Yorkshire’s bus services were brought back under public control by Labour Mayor Tracy Brabin.

The decision was announced after a meeting of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in Leeds, as We Own It campaign supporters rallied in the streets outside.

Bus services outside London were deregulated in 1986, handing control to profiteers who axed hundreds of unprofitable routes, particularly in rural areas.

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