Andy Burnham has already confirmed new motoring rule changes with changes coming in a matter of months.
Andy Burnham’s new £28 update is just months away (Image: Getty)
Andy Burnham will introduce a major new road rule within months, with individuals set to see a £41 update to their bills. The new Prime Minister has already confirmed that bus fares will be reduced from January 1, with maximum fees cut from £3 to £2.
A third off tickets means that passengers will make savings every time they step foot on the bus, with an average saving of around £28 per year. According to data from the Department for Transport, people in England made 41 local bus trips per person per year in 2024.
Andy Burnham will cut bus fares from £3 to £2 from January (Image: Getty)
In total, 28 trips were made on buses outside London, with an average of around 13 trips per person inside the capital. Mr Burnham’s new £2 bus cap won’t apply in London, with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Transport for London in charge of fares.
This means that over the course of one year, the average individual will save around £28 across these 28 non-London bus journeys. Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey stressed that the new policy would see “pounds going back into pockets” of individuals across the country.
John said: “We are capping bus fares at £2 for everyone throughout 2027, slashing fares by a third for millions of people, to help give them the breathing space they need. This action to ease the cost of living is funded by savings made elsewhere, so there’s no burden to British taxpayers, just pounds going back into their pockets.”
The new policy is being supported by £400million of extra funding and is set to run throughout the whole of 2027.
Officials at the Department for Transport explained that the previous £2 fare cap ditched by Sir Keir Starmer saw an estimated 30 million more journeys taken by bus across just 10 months. Officials stressed that without the fare cap, single ticket prices could rise above £10 on some of the UK’s most expensive routes.
Jason Prince, director of the Urban Transport Group, previously said: “It’s great to see the new Government recognising the value of the bus to people’s everyday lives from the get-go.
“Cheaper fares not only make bus travel more affordable but they can help to significantly drive passenger numbers, so this is a welcome intervention for both bus users and local communities.”