This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition introduce equality throughout the United kingdom
I am nearly reaching 60 and on checking found I was not eligible for a bus pass but noticed that at 60 you was eligible in other parts of the U.K. As a tax payer I do not think it fair that there is no equality in a country where we are all British living in the United kingdom
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It states on the government website these facts. Bus passes issued at retirement age in England everywhere else issued at age 60, free prescriptions in Scotland and Wales everywhere else pays, further education in Scotland free everywhere else you have to pay
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You could start a petition calling for buss passes to be available to over 60s in England.
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