General Discussion
Yes, as I understand it, local travel concessions in England are funded from local council tax. You have to be resident in those particular areas to qualify. (But note you don't have to be English to qualify - you can be any nationality. Seems the qualifying aspects are residency and age. Wonder if that will start Gamer off again?) For Scotland and Wales, who gets travel concessions and the ...
Oh dear! All I was trying to do was bring attention to the differences in age 60+ concessions/call them what you will, in this country ( both within England and then the wider UK) and what have I seemingly started off? A tirade (and a false one at that) about illegal immigrants/refugees. Can we stick to the subject please?
and when I say this country I mean England not the UK as it seems that in Scotland and Wales those aged 60+ can get still free bus travel whereas those living in England have to be of the female state pension age to qualify (except those aged 60+ and living in London or Greater Manchester it seems). ...
So......say, just let's say, that the state pension age related bus pass gets the chop sometime in the near future. It won't be a universal chop though will it, because it seems that others aged 60+ and living in certain parts of the country will continue to get free travel as indeed it appears they have been doing since their having attained the age of 60.
So how come 60+ year olds in London can get this http://www.tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/adult-discounts-and-concessions/60-london-oyster?cid=fs147 but those aged 60+ elsewhere in the country are not similarly provided for?
Follow the threads, Flo, follow the threads!
so says a letter I received today. Now, as the only reason I have money with that branch is because it is the nearest building society (Britannia as was) to Dawlish (the Halifax outlet having closed down in Dawlish back in 2009) and so was by far the most convenient seeing as I didn't have to travel to Exeter or Newton Abbot to pay money in/take money out, I see no reason for me to keep my ...
Thanks for the clarification Michael.
Just out of curiousity who/which committee/councillors/council officers decided on the design and fixings of the lamp posts and what criteria was used in the making of that decision?
Well if it was pulled down then it would seem that those who were responsible for putting it there in the first place, and for whatever reason(s), were thwarted. (I've just laid a little bet with myself as to who would have put it there and why - but can anyone who knows for definite tell the rest of us?)
