(22 Oct 2022, 8:00 am)ALavery wrote You can with certain disabilities, but what I’m saying is that they’re handed out willy nilly there’s no ask for proof. you could literally go down and say i have this this and this so i should have a bus pass and you’ll have one at your door.
Yeah, it probably depends on where you live and how you apply. I remember my sister when i moved up from down south bragging about how easy it was up here too.
This is nonsense. If anything, the 'means testing' the Government use is inappropriate and degrading to people. It's also extremely lazy to point the finger at those in receipt of benefits, including disabled persons bus passes, rather than looking at the wider issue - funding of bus services as a whole.
(23 Oct 2022, 9:50 am)RMF1254 wrote It seems like the agenda on here is against anybody who is of a certain age or has a disability. I got my CT pass only after providing ID, a photo and proof of address. I wouldn’t say it was free either, after paying NI and taxes for all of my working life of almost 40 years. I certainly wouldn’t get out and about on the bus as much if I didn’t have the bus pass.
Totally agree. It's Daily Mail-level nonsense of always needing someone to blame for fare rises, service cuts or whatever else. I wonder what's next. Blame OAPs for rising energy bills, because they get a winter fuel payment?
The real issue here, as in most instances, is a lack of Government funding.