I firmly believe that free travel should not only continue on buses in its present form but should also be extended to the railways (Letters, February 4 & 6).
I firmly believe that free travel should not only continue on buses in its present form but should also be extended to the railways (Letters, February 4 & 6).
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There are not one but two elephants whose presence in the room is being fastidiously avoided by those advocating an overhaul of the current free bus and concessionary rail travel arrangements.
The first is that those advocating some form of means testing seem unable or unwilling to state at exactly what level of income a pensioner, or anyone else for that matter, merits the designation better or well-off.
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Plan to nationalise public transport
I firmly believe that free travel should not only continue on buses in its present form but should also be extended to the railways (Letters, February 4 & 6).
There are not one but two elephants whose presence in the room is being fastidiously avoided by those advocating an overhaul of the current free bus and concessionary rail travel arrangements.
The first is that those advocating some form of means testing seem unable or unwilling to state at exactly what level of income a pensioner, or anyone else for that matter, merits the designation better or well-off.
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