The Kids will Travel free on Buses During August Ages 5-16

Dont bother Answering , I knew the answer About 3 weeks after they were elected

I hope they behave. The school children twice a day is sufficiently testing for some.

Rachel must lie awake all night thinking of more and more devious ways she can tax us (though I doubt many of the ideas are hers).

Well its either tax more or cut spending as the current level of borrowing isnt sustainable in the medium term. Change is coming whether people like it or not.

There is no such thing as tax more really, as Rachel from accounts will have found out. Increasing the tax rate or threshold reduces the activity of whatever you are raining the rate of.

Cutting spending is a must, labour are never going to do that. And the Tories lost any credibility they might have previously had.

shiit creek up.

And refuk are just ex tory gravytain boys, and girls.

Who's gonna ultimately pay for all of farrages bungs?

Go North east kids go free Next week on Buses , they didnt need Reeve to tell them to do it

Up to three children aged 11 and under can travel for free on Go North East buses (and other operators like Arriva and Stagecoach) when accompanied by a fare-paying adult or valid pass holder. This applies during all school holidays, including the May half-term (running 23 May to 31 May)

Reeve punting Summat that is already in place

No 5p rise on Fuel , Where the 25 p a Litre Reduction is what most people want to know ?

Free market case, they get the 5p in vat. No need for duty rise.

Get a leckie car, costs are pushing that way.

Sick of Driving Donnie TBH , Bus service is Ok for local stuff ,I use Uber which is very good , Couple of the local Taxi guys I knew switched to Uber  , if wanna go away Hire a Motor , MOT November

Any aggro which there will be , thinking of Ditching the car ,Lot depends on Mo in law if she goes into care , hardly need a car TBH

Everyone in Scotland aged under 22 receives free bus travel.

It would be nice to have frequent reliable public transport. We have 4 buses a day, 2 in each direction and the nearest train station is nearly 20 miles away. So it is a car so long as they will give me a license. As my destination is usually a wildlife reserve, there is no possible way to get there apart from a car or walking which for anything over 2 miles is out these days.

It costs a fortune to run a public bus service. I doubt you'd pay the cost, approximately £20 each way. So who would pay for it?

There's no miracle solution if you live outside of urban areas, there just aren't the volume of people travelling to support abundant public transport. Most people (including me) would far rather drive even if there was a bus stop 20 yards from their front door.

I live in S London. I've a Freedom Pass. It's a blessing. It's practical. It's encouraged me to walk to the shops and bus it home. I'd even get to Reading for free.

the impasse is the same as it always was, but more entrenched than ever. people think they are entitled to services, but also that they are entitled to someone else paying for them.

and of course those in urban areas expect us rural dwellers to pay the same taxes as they do but be denied the services we have paid for.

I don't disagree with that, but practically if you have millions of people living within a small distance, public transport is going to be more viable than where it's a few hundred. It's practical and economic, not about fairness. Everyone should pay the true cost, though. No subsidy.

Definitely should be means tested Cider, if you can afford it pay, if you can’t don’t pay.

In the UK, benefits are means tested. And generous. If they want to use some of them to travel, all good.

Correct Cider. Benefits should be treated as income and if you get more than 12560 in benefits you should start paying tax like those who work have to do. If you live in a town you can usually walk to get essential services such as a food shop, post office etc.

Lol if you give benefits that lead to taxation you really do have a loop.

May 27, 2026 -- 1:04PM, sageform wrote:

Correct Cider. Benefits should be treated as income and if you get more than 12560 in benefits you should start paying tax like those who work have to do. If you live in a town you can usually walk to get essential services such as a food shop, post office etc.

Many benefits are taxable.

Non means tested ones

No surprise that it flies right over PP's head.

Yes, my state pension is taxed as it is over the £12560 limit. So why should people on 35k in benefits not get taxed? You can increase the tax free limit in circumstances where someone needs paid care etc. but otherwise benefits should be taxable.