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The government says the policy, which is expected to cost more than £500m, will "help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need".

At the start of last year, the England-wide bus fare cap rose to £3 under Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government, although in Liverpool and Manchester fares were held at £2.

Burnham said affordable transport links were an essential, adding: "Lower fares will help people get to where they need to."

The measure gives people "a little bit of hope" in a time when many are grappling with higher living costs - especially after fuel costs spiked as a result of the US-Iran war, transport secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC's Today programme.
However, she admitted the measure was "not the whole solution".

The new cap will take effect from January next year for fares on participating buses outside of London. The cost of a non-discounted single bus journey in London is £1.75.

The Burnham government said going back to a £2 cap should particularly help passengers in rural and coastal areas, where single fares can be higher.

The Campaign for Better Transport said rural areas were still suffering from fewer bus routes and services, adding that such areas had been more affected by council cut backs in the last decade than urban zones.

Services in those areas - as measured by vehicle miles - decreased by 18% between 2019 and 2024, according to the County Councils Network, which represents 39 unitary and county councils across England.

"What we need to see is the replacing of those lost services which have particularly affected those in rural areas," Campaign for Better Transport's Michael Solomon Williams said.

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New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will put the country on an ‘accelerated path’ to integrated public transport in the mould of his Greater Manchester Bee Network.

It would see local buses, trams and trains link together under a single system for ticketing and scheduling – meaning a daily or weekly cap can be placed on how much people pay.

Travellers in London can use an Oyster or contactless bank card to tap on and off various modes of transport, while major bus stations are often conveniently placed outside stops on the Underground.

As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Burnham introduced the publicly controlled Bee Network with a similar goal in mind. He told Metro: ‘I’d love to see this across all of England, integrating buses and trains and trams where they exist into a single system.

‘So when you tap in, it’s like London, you’re all under the cap, and people can take as many buses and trains as they like and they only pay up to a certain level. That’s what we need.

‘I think most other countries have it. I’m going to put Britain on an accelerated path to lower cost, integrated public transport.’

Speaking in Bath to launch the new £2 bus fare cap for England, Burnham said the same cap on Manchester buses was ‘probably the most popular thing I ever introduced’.

He said: ‘It’s just simple, it helps people every day, it encourages people out of their cars, it connects people to jobs and training.

‘It’s one of those policies that works on every single level, and it works for the public most of all because it deals with their main concern, the cost of living pressures they’re under.’

Beyond Manchester and the capital, other areas with integrated transport networks are Tyne & Wear and Nottingham.