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Ireat escape

29th October 1976
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IE GOVERNMENT is unlikely to carry out its threat and nish the rebel South Yorkshire County Council by cutting off share of the Transport Supplementary Grant.

In return, the Labour authity will have to agree to £7m overnment cuts in its £25m ansport budget for the corng year.

Cuts will not affect the iuncil's passenger transport )licy which makes South orkshire's fares the cheapest Britain, and the Labour )uncillors will not agree to .dundancies in its. highways Tartment.

Instead it will now begin planning for a substantial rate increase from next April to bridge the gap created by the transport cuts.

Council leaders met the Transport Minister, Mr William Rodgers, in London on Monday to discuss the authority's stand against Government orders to increase fares.

Although nothing definite will be known until the Minister announces his grant allocations in about six weeks' time the indications are that the Government will not single out South Yorkshire for punishment.

The meeting was called by Mr Rodgers who had earlier warned all the metropolitan transport authorities to reduce spending or risk losing all transport grants.

South Yorkshire is the only council still following a cheap fares policy and it will cost E17m this year in rate support. West Midlands county council recently announced fare increases of 23 per cent as a result of Government pressure.


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