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Tag Archives: bus pass
“Protesting Generation 2”
This is a continuation of the previous blog, but I was also writing about bus passes four years ago when the Department of Transport were sounding out the possibility of removing free bus passes for elderly people. It now looks … Continue reading
“Free Bus Pass Deception”
In July last year, at the time when the Coalition Government was contemplating lots of different ideas on how to approach the cuts, one of the ideas they floated was to remove free bus passes from pensioners. At the time … Continue reading
“Bus Pass bust up”
The Government budget cuts are now under discussion and in a classic piece of political toe-in-the-water “sounding out” the Department of Transport has leaked that free bus passes for the elderly may be scrapped. The trouble with this approach is … Continue reading
