# South Yorkshire campaigners target Number 10 North in fight for better bus services

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/south-yorkshire-campaigners-target-number-10-north-in-fight-for-better-bus-services/
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:21:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:48:42+00:00
- Original publisher: The Star (Sheffield)
- Original article: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/south-yorkshire-number-10-north-better-bus-services-9313468
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, Sheffield, World

## Key points

- Campaigners delivered a public ownership appeal to Number 10 North.
- The letter was signed by 23 groups on the 40th anniversary of bus deregulation.
- South Yorkshire plans bus franchising from 2027, but campaigners want municipal ownership.

## Summary

Campaigners from South Yorkshire joined groups from West Yorkshire and Derbyshire at Number 10 North in Manchester on 26 October 2026. They delivered a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s office calling for buses to be brought into public ownership. Signed by 23 campaign groups, the letter marked 40 years since bus deregulation took effect in England. Better Buses for South Yorkshire says deregulation has contributed to lost routes, higher fares and unreliable services; those are the campaigners’ claims, rather than findings established by the demonstration itself.

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has already approved bus franchising, with the first services due to come under local public control in Doncaster and most of Sheffield in September 2027. The wider rollout is planned to finish in 2029. Under franchising, the mayoral authority will decide routes, timetables, tickets and service standards, while contracted operators will run the buses. Campaigners welcome that change but want full municipal ownership, arguing that profits under franchising could still go to private shareholders instead of being reinvested in services.

## Coverage

- [The Star (Sheffield): South Yorkshire campaigners target Number 10 North in fight for better bus services](https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/south-yorkshire-number-10-north-better-bus-services-9313468)
- [South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority: Bus franchising](https://www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/bus-franchising)

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