Cause for confusion

JUST a few months ago, the UK hosted the COP26 climate change conference and our prime minister turned eco warrior in an attempt to get the nations of the world to back carbon reduction plans.

By the time the Glasgow summit had arrived, the Government had already announced its plans for a carbon neutral Britain. Public transport was a vital ingredient of those proposals due to the essential need to get cars off the roads and consequently reduce traffic emissions. Mandates to introduce clean-air zones in our cities were also issued. But now we find those have stalled and the idea of investing sufficiently in public transport to make this happen is most definitely in the slow lane.

The latter has seen one of the region’s major bus companies announce a further swathe of cuts to services. All of which leaves us more than a bit confused. Or should we not be? Has the Government now given up on the cause of trying to save our planet?