Liberal Democrats ask West Berkshire Council to reconsider new policy on Home to School Transport
The West Berkshire Council Executive decided to bring in a new policy on Home to School Transport at its meeting on 10th September. The new policy means that secondary pupils whose catchment school is not their nearest school will no longer get free home to school transport. Alan Macro, Lib Dem leader on the Council commented "we think that this change is very unfair for the affected parents and we want the decision to be "called in" for review by the Council's Overview and Scrutiny Commission. The Commission has the power to ask the Executive to change its mind. Because of the Council's rules, we will need to get some Conservative councillors to agree to our request."
