More than 15% of bus services have been cut in the last year alone across South Yorkshire, but there was some welcome news today for residents in Gleadless Valley and Batemoor, Jordanthorpe and Lowedges. The number 10 and 10a and the M17 bus which connected residents to the hospitals and neighbouring communities, from next month will once again deliver a service to passengers.

The service was cut earlier and communities, alongside Labour Councillors and Louise Haigh MP have been campaigning hard to restore these much-needed lifelines for many.

Mayor Oliver Coppard will fund these services and a number of others across South Yorkshire via his Mayoral budget.

Louise Haigh MP for Sheffield Heeley, said:

“This is a good day for people power, and I’m pleased that Mayor Oliver Coppard has decided to use more than £2milliion of his budget to restore these vital services and many others across South Yorkshire.

“But this is not a situation we should be in. We should not be beholden to private companies and allow them to cut routes and services, leaving passengers cut off and stranded.

“A Labour government will reform our bus networks for passengers. We will end the broken system and hand power and control to local communities. This will be the first step in the biggest reform to the bus sector in a generation and put communities firmly back in control of services they depend on.”