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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was in Nottingham today, Thursday, ahead of a meeting about the bus industry.

Mr Corbyn is meeting residents and community leaders in Ilkeston to discuss their concerns over cuts to bus services.

But he also found time to visit Lenton where he spoke to students and a bus driver.

Research carried out for Labour has said that bus fares are set to "soar" over the next few years as private operators make billions of pounds in profit, says the party.

The research suggested average fares will be 53% higher in 2022 than they were in 2010; but the number of passengers is on course to be more than 10% lower.

(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Mr Corbyn said: "The Tories said privatisation would improve our buses but private bus companies are running bus services into the ground, while raking in billions of pounds in profit.

"Passengers now face a toxic mix of rising fares, cuts to services and reduced access. For too long the bus industry has put profit for a few before millions of passengers. A future Labour government will change that."

Labour said that private bus companies have reported growing profits in recent years, with those in England making a total of £3.3 billion since 2009/10.

Official figures on Wednesday showed the number of bus passenger journeys in England fell by 85 million last year.