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EDITOR'S LETTER

As the desire to wean us all off dependency on short car journeys grows, the joined-up approach that public ownership affords makes sense

The Andy Burnham approach is fascinating. One of the key planks in his leadership of Manchester is transport. Last week he defeated a legal challenge against his plan to take bus services back under

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