Burnham pledges to cut single bus fares by up to a third

Reuters reported on 22 July 2026 that Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to cut single bus ticket prices by up to a third. The Guardian reported Burnham calling his a "cost-of-living government" that would always "show how we are going to pay for it." Bus fare regulation outside London sits with metro mayors, not Whitehall — a wrinkle for a former Greater Manchester mayor now in Downing Street.