The government has been blamed for not supporting provision in Telford and Wrekin.
By Alice Cullinane & Ben GoddardBus services will be cut in Shropshire due to a lack of government funding, a council has said.
Labour-controlled Telford and Wrekin Council said the government had declined to offer long-term financial support to continue the services.Government funding covers "less than half" of the council's transport budget, according to the authority.Councillor Lee Carter, the council's cabinet member for place, said: "We are finding it increasingly difficult to continue to subsidise these routes our communities depend on.
Mr Carter, Labour, said buses were a "lifeline" to the community that people could not afford to lose.The council-funded 99 bus route will replace bus numbers 11, 13, 15, 16 and 19 and cover Admaston, Arleston, Dawley, Dothill and Hadley.
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