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Scots bus services 'on the brink' says Labour MSP after McGill's announce cuts to routes

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An MSP has unveiled his party’s plan to save bus services in Renfrewshire and insisted: “We can’t go on like this”.West Scotland Labour man Neil Bibby spoke out just days after McGill’s Buses announced they were cutting routes and making changes to services across the area.Mr Bibby, his party’s transport spokesperson, unveiled a three-point plan to save Scotland’s buses from “decimation” as new figures reveal bus passenger numbers have more than halved under the SNP.Annual Scottish transport statistics show bus passenger numbers struggling to recover from the covid pandemic.Passenger numbers are 35 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels and since 2007/08, the number of bus passenger journeys taken in Scotland has plummeted by 52 per cent – falling faster than the UK average.The number of buses in service has fallen from 5,400 in 2007/08 to just 3,700 in 2021/22.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial Labour has warned buses are “on the brink of collapse” and urged the three SNP leadership candidates – Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf – to back its plan.It calls for strict conditions to be

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