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Concessionary travel ‘skews bus services’

CONCESSIONARY FARES

24 May 2019
 

The Welsh Government’s concessionary travel scheme has “skewed” service provision in a way that makes buses less convenient for commuters, transport minister Ken Skates has said.

In 2002 Wales was the first part of Great Britain to introduce nationwide free bus travel for all pensioners and disabled people. The entitlement age was later reduced to 60 and the cost of the scheme to taxpayers increased rapidly. In 2017 the Government consulted on ways to secure the scheme’s...

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