{"id":363461,"date":"2026-07-22T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/single-bus-fares-in-england-to-be-capped-at-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:00:15","slug":"single-bus-fares-in-england-to-be-capped-at-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/single-bus-fares-in-england-to-be-capped-at-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Single bus fares in England to be capped at \u00a32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9dwM4yy84Qk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Single bus fares in England to be capped at \u00a32\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9dwM4yy84Qk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Single bus fares across England will be capped at \u00a32 from January, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced, after he pledged to to lead a &quot;cost-of-living government&quot; in his first Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide cap is currently set at \u00a33 until the end of March 2027, although some areas, including London and Greater Manchester, where Burnham set a \u00a32 limit as mayor, have lower top rates for single tickets.<\/p>\n<p>The measure is backed by \u00a3454 million of funding, including money to allow devolved governments to take similar action.<\/p>\n<p>Some \u00a3400 million of that funding will come from switching investment in international climate finance to loans, with the rest from savings in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero budget.<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the scheme is expected to be more than \u00a3500 million, with the rest coming from Department for Transport funding already allocated to buses.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Denison reports.<\/p>\n<p> #politics @itvnews <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single bus fares across England will be capped at \u00a32 from January, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced, after he pledged to to lead a &quot;cost-of-living government&quot; in his first Cabinet meeting. 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