Earlier today, we brought an urgent motion to Edinburgh Council, seeking a new action plan to address the declining bus services in rural West Edinburgh.

After the halving of services in Kirkliston, the loss of the St John’s bus link and changes which routed buses away from Newbridge, it is clear a different approach is needed.

Unfortunately, the SNP and Labour administration of councillors voted down our motion. They said the current approach was sufficient. We couldn’t disagree more.

Surprisingly, even the SNP councillor for Kirkliston and Newbridge voted against our motion. It is clear the SNP led administration simply doesn’t get the scale of the problem.

We will continue to stand up and fight for improvements to local bus services.