'He can't afford it': Tory mayor questions Andy Burnham's vision for London-style bus system
Andy Burnham' s vision for a London-style bus system in Greater Manchester has been questioned by a leading Northern Tory who says the mayor can't afford to make the plan a reality without government support.
But Mr Burnham's office said the Tees Valley mayor's analysis was "incorrect" and that "Greater Manchester has already successfully introduced our new capped fares, with support from the Government".Greater Manchester's lower fares, brought in to get people out of cars and onto public transport, are being funded with the help of central government funding through the Bus Service Improvement Plan.
The London-style system known as the Bee Network will be paid for by a mixture of local and national funding as well as - local leaders hope - increased takings from passengers buying tickets. He told a Transport for the North event in Birmingham that he "always gets in trouble" whenever he's asked about the Greater Manchester mayor.But he added: "I think whether he says this publicly or not, I don't know, I don't read the Manchester Evening Gazette, is that I think some of this has also been projected towards government.
He added: "And until that devolution matures, what will end up happening is in a year's time, Andy will have a massive fight with the government, for example, if he's not able to cap bus fares because he can't afford to do it out of his local pot and the government will say 'you wanted to do it, you're the mayor, you need to take responsibility'.
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