Prime Minister announces free 24 hour travel for disabled bus pass holders across England from next year

The changes, which have been made to ease cost-of-living pressures, will come into force on April 1

MILLIONS of people across England will be offered free bus travel all day, every day next year. It comes as part of the Government's plan to make bus services cheaper and more reliable for the country. Eligible disabled bus passengers in England are set to receive unlimited free bus travel as part of a £60million...

Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businesses Disabled bus pass holders in England will be able to travel for free at all hours from April next year, the government has announced. Currently, disabled bus passes are valid for travel only on weekda

The £60m project will be funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport

Disabled people in England will be able to use concessionary bus passes at any time of the day from next April.

The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced that time restrictions on disabled bus passes will be lifted across England from next year

Free bus travel for disabled people extended to all hours in latest Burnham cost-of-living giveaway  lbc.co.uk

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said it was ‘simply not right’ that there were time restrictions on the bus pass (Picture: No10/UNPIXS) Disabled people in England will get 24/7 free bus travel from next April, Andy Burnham is to announce. Currently, most disabled bus pass holders can only travel for free between 9.30am and

Andy Burnham says scrapping time limits on bus fares will offer 'much needed breathing space'

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The age at which people in England can claim a free bus pass is rising in line with the State Pension age this September, affecting those born between August 6 and September 5, 1960, who must now wait longer before becoming eligible under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme.

Rachel Reeves, Chancellor at the time, eventually left the limit on how much could be taken from a pension pot tax-free at £268,275.