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Bus services in dire state after £65m cuts
Report predicts whole routes will vanish

Swinging cuts to bus services are reaching "critical levels" according to a report by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) released yesterday.

Up to 47 per cent of all local authorities in England and Wales reduced their support for buses for 2013, while the 2014/15 financial year is likely to hit services hard, said CBT.

Three councils have stopped supporting vital services and others might follow, warned the Buses In Crisis report.

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