Rejected petition Save Middlesbrough Teen Mover

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Middlesbrough Council currently provides a travel card for 16-18 year olds that allows half-fare bus travel on all bus journeys in the Tees Valley.

The Mayor's budget proposal for 2013/14 includes the following recommendation:

'37. Cease providing the ‘Teen Mover’ pass for half fares on all bus services, which will save £119,000.'

This pass is currently vital to young people who are already being targeted by cuts of EMA and child benefit. It gives young people a lifeline to social inclusion, and is a critical factor in being able to attend education, training and work-based learning, as well as allowing affordable travel to work experience and interviews, whether this be for jobs or universities.

This petition calls on the government to retain the half-fare travel card in its' current form for 16-18 year olds in the Middlesbrough area.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for the mayor and local authority.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 6 November 2012
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