A Labour MP has repeated his calls for Glasgow's bus service to return to public control.

Paul Sweeney said there is "urgency" to privatise bus services and create a fully integrated city region public transport system.

The Glasgow North East politician spoke yesterday in the Commons, calling for a debate on the subject.

Mr Sweeney said: "This failure of our privatised bus services increases the urgency to unleash the potential of our communities through the introduction of Labour’s policy for a universal free public bus system.

"Despite consensus in Scotland about the need for genuine investment into public transport - particularly as we should be striving towards climate emergency targets - Glasgow continues to be held back by cuts from private bus companies.

"The cuts to First Bus routes in Glasgow, especially in north east communities like Springburn and Robroyston show that the city's public transport system is collapsing."

Mr Sweeney's words were prompted by the decision by First Glasgow to cut the 19A bus service service through Robroyston, Germiston and Royston.

He also called for steps to be taken towards Scottish Labour's goal of free bus travel for all as part of its "transformative" agenda tackling climate change.

The politician added: "The 19A bus through Royston and Robroyston being needlessly cut is a symptom of a much wider generational private mismanagement of our essential public transport system.

"These cuts disrupt people’s day to day lives and isolate them.

"They are putting profits before people.

"If we are serious about delivering high quality public transport services for our communities and genuinely working towards our climate change targets, only the transformative agenda put forward by Scottish Labour will deliver this."

A spokesman for First Glasgow said: “Service 19A is being amended as not enough people are using the service, instead First Glasgow is trying a new, innovative and fast express service, in the form of the X2, which is directly in to the city via the motorway for the people of Robroyston.

"Mr Sweeney fails to mention how labour would fund any of their proposals.

"He also doesn’t say what he would do to reduce congestion or what he would do to improve demand for bus services other than via a universally ‘free’ system, which of course would not be free, but a huge burden on tax payers."