Angela Rayner to join striking bus drivers as passengers face another week of cancelled services
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLabour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner and other MPs will join striking bus drivers this week as passengers are warned all buses from First’s Oldham depot will again be cancelled on days of action.
First drivers, who have already held six walk-outs over pay, plan to stage three more next week, on January 31, February 1 and Friday, February 4, which are expected to cause ‘severe disruption’ for passengers.
It means no services will run from the Oldham depot, although schools buses and Vantage routes are expected to operate. READ MORE: First trains, now buses: Why a new roll-back on funding for the north could be the death knell for 'levelling up' On the Friday, 300 bus drivers, who are members of Unite, will be joined by Angela Rayner will join Oldham MP Jim McMahon, MP Louise Haigh, Stockport MP Nav Mishra, Arooj Shah, leader of Oldham Council, Coin Vimal Choksi of Tameside Council and other leaders.
It comes amid reports that beleaguered Boris Johnson's £3bn 'Bus Back Better' pot has been halved, in part due to having been redirected to fund bus companies during the pandemic.
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