Labour has pledged to expand the bus network and introduce a £2 bus fare cap if they win the next Senedd election, in May, despite running the Welsh Government now.
A £2 bus fare cap was introduced by the UK Conservative Government and scrapped by Labour’s Rachel Reeves.
The Welsh Conservatives have criticised Welsh Labour for failing over 27 years to improve rural connectivity, including in their recent Bus Bill, making it clear that only the Welsh Conservatives can be trusted to improve bus links outside Labour’s “electoral heartlands”.
Commenting on the news that Labour will expand the bus network, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Transport and Infrastructure, Sam Rowlands MS said:
“Labour’s indication that they will address this issue is long overdue, though given they are in power now, they should be getting on with it as opposed to making this a post-election promise.
“It was the UK Conservative Government that first introduced the £2 bus fare cap, back in 2023, three years ago. Labour’s Rachel Reeves, raised the cap by 50%, to £3.
“The Welsh Labour Government, propped up routinely by Plaid Cymru, cannot be trusted to expand the bus network to more rural areas outside of their electoral heartlands, as they have repeatedly failed to for 27 years – only the Welsh Conservatives can.”
