The Department for Transport have let me know that North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) have been awarded a share of £80 million to protect and improve bus services locally, which I was especially pleased to hear about, given the recent dialogue I have been having with NNC and Stagecoach about local services and routes. The £569,412 allocated to NNC will help protect essential bus services, which I know are especially important to people in our towns and rural areas alike, and allow them to make improvements that would most benefit communities. I for one will be pushing for our fair share of the funding to be spent on services benefitting Corby & East Northamptonshire and will post any updates as and when I have them. This investment takes total Government support to protect and improve bus services, while keeping fares low, to £3.5 billion since 2020. Find out more about this announcement, as well as how the Government is helping people to save on everyday travel costs amid the cost of living challenge, here: https://tinyurl.com/4pv9s9yx.