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PM considers free buses for under 18s

05 October 2007
Free travel for under 18s?
Free travel for under 18s?

 

PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown is said to be giving serious consideration to the introduction of free bus travel for under 18s in Greater Manchester.

It came after Roger Jones, chair of the region’s PTA, raised the issue with senior Labour politicians last week at the party’s conference in Bournemouth. “The government is extending its free bus travel scheme for over 60s and disabled people next year to cover the whole of England. I want children and young people to be able to...

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