Summary
LABOUR'S czar for the elderly, Dame Joan Bakewell, yesterday launched an impassioned attack on any move to cut back on free bus passes.
She warned that clawing back free off-peak bus travel for the country's 11million over-60s would be 'a big mistake'.See the full content of this document
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Beware the Grey Backlash On Free Bus Passes, Says Dame Joan
It would leave the Government 'completely heading for disaster' and facing a 'grey vote backlash'. She described the free bus pass as 'very precious' and its withdrawal as 'a non-starter'.
Dame Joan, 76, was appointed by Gordon Brown last year to act as the voice of older pe...See the full content of this document
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