Children ‘uprooted’ over school bus cuts

Budget cuts to state-funded school transport schemes are uprooting children from their communities and heaping heavy costs on parents, it has been claimed.

Parents will confront a senior minister today over the cuts and lack of bus seats for their children after having already purchased uniforms and books, and enrolling youngsters in classes for the coming year.

A mother-of-five spoke of the chaos, particularly in rural areas, after parents were only told in recent weeks their children would not be eligible for transport to their chosen school.