Here in Liverpool, buses are back under public control – and that’s great for the only people who really matter | Steve Rotheram

Here in Liverpool, buses are back under public control – and that’s great for the only people who really matter | Steve Rotheram

For decades we were told that privatisation would deliver better services. The experience of millions of passengers tells a different story Steve Rotheram is mayor of the Liverpool city region One of the best-known scenes from the TV series The Inbetweeners is the four angst-ridden teenage characters shouting abuse at people queueing at a bus stop. Only losers take the bus, is the point – except they use a much ruder word. There’s also a statement, misattributed to Margaret Thatcher, that a...

By Steve Rotheram