13-10-2024, 08:22
(This post was last modified: 13-10-2024, 08:35 by Statesideowl.)
"Rural communities are at risk of losing vital bus routes as Rachel Reeves prepares to scrap a £2 cap on fares.
The cap, introduced to encourage people to use public transport post-Covid, is to be raised or abolished outright in this month’s Budget, according to industry and Whitehall sources.
Ms Reeves has already ordered government departments to find savings as she scrambles to fill what she claims to be a £22bn black hole in the public finances.
While the impact of removing the cap, which costs the Treasury £350m a year, would most likely be marginal on short routes within cities, rural fares could jump by £10 or more.
That could leave people unable to afford to get to work, college or hospital, and reduce passenger numbers to such an extent that the future of some routes is thrown in doubt.
Silviya Barrett, the director of policy and research at the Campaign for Better Transport, said the £2 cap had breathed new life into the bus sector and should be extended, not abolished.
She said: “Taking the bus shouldn’t be a financial burden and raising the cap or scrapping it entirely could leave passengers struggling to afford travel on lifeline services.”
Yet people continue to be distracted by BS. The state and local councils continue finding millions down the sofa to throw at the hostile religious cult. Another 15M chunk from Khan alone simply to fight 'Islamophobia' which was given to grass roots (Mullahs) muslim organisations!!
Houses being bought for 'asylum-seekers'
Mugs still aren't getting it. There's NO money for you though!
I would love to see a Muslim answer this simple question..
"If two natives with careers, (not jobs, careers) can barely afford a house.. How does a Taxi driver or immigrant worker manage to buy multiple houses?
I've heard some dumb and ignorant responses to this one from white saviours. "They work 12hrs per day doing the jobs natives won't do"
This is fallacy provable through observational logic and deductive reasoning. What they suggest is impossible. The Serf has almost no ownership after centuries of working the same hours. Stop gaslighting.
It's an important question which can never be addressed, why would that be?
These are all the little connective dots which illustrate the larger picture. Most people are too fking dismal or scared to even begin to see it
The cap, introduced to encourage people to use public transport post-Covid, is to be raised or abolished outright in this month’s Budget, according to industry and Whitehall sources.
Ms Reeves has already ordered government departments to find savings as she scrambles to fill what she claims to be a £22bn black hole in the public finances.
While the impact of removing the cap, which costs the Treasury £350m a year, would most likely be marginal on short routes within cities, rural fares could jump by £10 or more.
That could leave people unable to afford to get to work, college or hospital, and reduce passenger numbers to such an extent that the future of some routes is thrown in doubt.
Silviya Barrett, the director of policy and research at the Campaign for Better Transport, said the £2 cap had breathed new life into the bus sector and should be extended, not abolished.
She said: “Taking the bus shouldn’t be a financial burden and raising the cap or scrapping it entirely could leave passengers struggling to afford travel on lifeline services.”
Yet people continue to be distracted by BS. The state and local councils continue finding millions down the sofa to throw at the hostile religious cult. Another 15M chunk from Khan alone simply to fight 'Islamophobia' which was given to grass roots (Mullahs) muslim organisations!!
Houses being bought for 'asylum-seekers'
Mugs still aren't getting it. There's NO money for you though!
I would love to see a Muslim answer this simple question..
"If two natives with careers, (not jobs, careers) can barely afford a house.. How does a Taxi driver or immigrant worker manage to buy multiple houses?
I've heard some dumb and ignorant responses to this one from white saviours. "They work 12hrs per day doing the jobs natives won't do"
This is fallacy provable through observational logic and deductive reasoning. What they suggest is impossible. The Serf has almost no ownership after centuries of working the same hours. Stop gaslighting.
It's an important question which can never be addressed, why would that be?
These are all the little connective dots which illustrate the larger picture. Most people are too fking dismal or scared to even begin to see it
"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." Marcus Aurelius