Lothian's let down
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THE BIG bus fares bonam planned for Lothian Region April 1 —with rural servici coming down by 20 per cent is off, by order of Scottish Secri tary George Younger.
He told the Scottish Bus Grou that it cannot accept a £5.33r council subsidy which woul have allowed the fares to corn down.
Scottish Bus Group fares o services elsewhere in Scoi land are due to rise by 15 pE cent soon. The question now i whether the existing £1.7n subsidy from Lothian is enougl to allow SBG to keep regions rurallares at current levels.
Mr Younger has now told th: Group that he will not allow it tr accept levels of council subsid, beyond the external financim limit set last November.
Chairman of the region': transportation committer Catherine Fiisell said that thr Labour-controlled region woulc continue to fight on to achievr its transport strategy.