Dai Corner
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Where did I specify *commercial*? I am talking about the total subsidy spent by local authorities in England and Wales (outside Gtr. London) to Operators to run "socially necessary" and School services, secured by competitive tender.
That's not a subsidy, that's a payment for services rendered as Teflon says. No different to the Council paying for a road to be resurfaced, a school built or an elderly person to be looked after.
As to the difference BSOG makes, if the reduction in fuel costs makes a service profitable rather than loss-making the operator may run it commercially rather than stop and force the Council to tender it, assuming they want to and can afford to.