[Margaret Pilkington]

The Local Government Association brought in the consultants Oxera to determine where cuts could be made.
Their judgement was that the allocation of bus passes was too wide and it did not take into consideration whether the pensioner had access to a car.

I thought that the government wanted us to use cars less, and to reduce our carbon footprint by using public transport.
I think they( the government ) have underestimated what the cost of giving free bus travel to the disabled and pensioners would be.
I do think it will be political suicide to withdraw them now.....but come an election......well, it is yet to be seen as to what will happen then.