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Louise Haigh: ‘If we hadn’t taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely’ With the current £2 bus fare cap due to expire at the end of this year, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh defended Labour’s decision to guarantee an increased £3 cap until December next year. Haigh said the government’s new £1