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

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

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

Time restrictions are to be lifted on concessionary passes for eligible disabled people across England - here are more details

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 made the announcement on Tuesday (August 18).

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

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 17, 2026 10:30pm Updated August 18, 2026 7:32am 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 Burnh

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

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

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.