Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this:
From BBC Business two days ago:
A proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s in England will not go ahead as it is “unaffordable” at the moment, the government has said. The trial was one of a number of recommendations put forward by the Transport Committee, a cross-party group of backbench MPs,in a report this August – with the suggestion it would boost access to jobs and education.
In its response, published on Friday, the government said no money was available for such a scheme during the current spending review period, which runs until 2028/2029. Since January 2022, everyone in Scotland aged between five and 22 has been entitled to free bus travel.
From STV 5 March 2025:
More than 200 million journeys have been made across Scotland as part of a scheme which allows young people to make bus journeys for free. Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop hailed the “transformative benefit” of the scheme, which was introduced just over three years ago in January 2022.
Children and young people aged between five and 21 can apply for a card which allows them to travel for free. With the Scottish Government having set, under the leadership of First Minister John Swinney, the goal of eradicating child poverty, Hyslop said that free bus travel saves families “significant amounts of money”.
But she also said the scheme was “creating new opportunities” by helping young people get to school, college, university or work, as well as encouraging more people to use “sustainable” transport.
https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scotlands-under-22s-make-more-than-200-million-free-bus-journeys
What have Scotland’s other media been saying about the benefits of the free bus travel scheme for young folk in Scotland?
Herald, March 2023 – Scotland travel: Free bus travel scheme ‘fuelling rise in disorder’
Scotsman, November 2024 – Youths guilty of anti-social behaviour on public transport could lose free bus travel
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Also let’s remember that everyone in Scotland gets a free bus pass from age 60 years.
In Northumberland and Gateshead, it’s only available for pensional age, which is 66 years.
The free bus pass in Scotland for those aged 60 years, will be scrapped should heaven forbid, the English HQ’d parties take control of Holyrood again. Careful folks, though many people have no clue about how they are looked after in Scotland.
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Ach excuse the typo.
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many people have no clue about how they are looked after in Scotland.
very true AH, they’ll be in for a massive shock if they don’t wise up before HR26
John Lawson
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