Jeremy Corbyn issues free bus pass protection pledge

Jeremy Corbyn issues free bus pass protection pledge

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a rally at Quadrant shopping centre in Coatbridge. (Jane Barlow/PA Wire) JEREMY CORBYN will pledge to protect the free bus pass as he meets pensioners on the latest leg of his tour of Scotland.

The UK Labour leader will be in Fife where he will restate his party’s commitment to the concessionary travel scheme the day after a consultation was launched on raising the age at which Scots can obtain the bus pass.

The Scottish Government is proposing to increase the age of eligibility amid rising numbers of older people and a £9.5 million […]

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