Jeremy Corbyn promises free bus travel for under-25s

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"Millions of people aged under 25 would be able to travel free on England’s buses under a Labour government, Jeremy Corbyn will promise on Thursday."

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-corbyn-promises-free-bus-travel-for-under-25s/

 

Yeah but he said something to a Russian/Jewish/Irish person once so I'm gonna vote Tory/UKIP








Not really, just impersonating your typical Mail reader.

Edit: there's one, Plobby in straight away

 

Good policy. Good for the environment paid for our of excise duty. Regardless of your politics is a good innovative solution to rising travel costs.

 

Really important policy that Jezza . We've got Syria , Brexit and Russia to worry about but let's just prioritise free bus travel instead.

 

Roll up roll up come get your free stuff , btw no such thing a a free sandwich you’ll probably have to bend over eventually

 

Has he prioritised this? Anyway Nothing is free. This Policy is based on an expectation of passenger numbers vs administration costs, with Public ownership being the end motive, something I’m all for and I hope he succeeds with.

Bring on the rail industry next.

 

So everything else has to stop?

 

Don’t think he’ll revert to Tory initiation practices

 

We wouldn't be playing Trump's wing man if Jeremy was PM. We'd be freezing Russian assets instead of taking money from the same Oligarch's we are going to war with. Brexit is gonna be a **** up, whoever is in charge.

 

Thought that involved pigs more than young boys , then there’s always Paddy pants down, cross party banditry throughout

 

We'd be freezing nothing if he was PM , he hasn't got the balls or leadership qualities to take on Russia . The free bus policy is fine, but I would expect a leader to be involved with more pressing issues at the moment rather than burying his head in the sand with regards to Brexit and the Russian poisoning .

 

Public transport should be prioritised and subsidised, run as a service to help counter environmental issues and concreting over the countryside to build traffic generating roads.

Yours, Wolfie Smith.

 

So does he want to end the private bus companies?

 

How's about getting parent's to stop paying for their 17 year old kids to have driving lessons, then buying them a car and then paying their insurance? Real incentive to industry that....
Bus prices are too high so i'd welcome a bit of subsidisation. Many people appear to have lost the use of their feet too. I use 20 quid of diesel a month, if it's within 3 or 4 mile i'll walk it. Keeps me healthy.

 

I suppose Boris has "taken them on" ... on what I'm not so sure. Corbyn has more backbone than any of our current government, that is why the powers that be are scared shitless of him.

 

Yes quite right to scrap having to pay for bus travel if you are under 25 - Jezza has upped the anti from the scrapping of university fees - why not go one further and scrap having to pay for food or accommodation - tell you what lets just scrap having to work and give everyone loads of money then everyone can buy whatever they want as it will all be free - OH JEREMY CORBYN OH JEREMY CORBYN!!

 

At the moment, I travel to Swindon weekly for work. On the train, the tickets come up somewhere north of £180 for a return (~50p per mile). This is for a 4+ hour journey, and most weeks I have to stand for at least some of the trip back. Bus fare is another £1.50 each way for 1 stop (1.5 miles). So public transport costs somewhere in the region of 50p per mile.

The maximum you'll get for expenses is 45p per mile in a car (I get a lot less as its a company car/car allowance), making it significantly cheaper to drive. If they really cared about the environment and getting cars off the roads, public transport should be about 10% of what it costs.

 

Public transport is subsidised by the government but passengers still have to pay on entry , not bad for the bus company , like double bubble. That's why you see empty buses all over the place .

 

For what one man gets for free another has toiled.

 

Given that we are looking at losing a massive amount of jobs (industrialization, robots, etc) over the next few years, why not bring in Universal Income and scrap all tax allowances. Everyone gets a basic amount to live on, and people that work pay tax on everything they earn (at the same rate). You could cut a massive chunk of the admin costs off the benefits sector and from HMRC through simplifying it and letting people live rather than stuck on ZHCs with the potential for zero pay on any week.

The benefits budget for 2017 was £264b, with ~65 million people (roughly 11 million under 16). Give everyone universal income of £4,000, with £1,000 per child and you would save nearly £30bn off the bat. Tax revenues would increase too.

Some people would need more money, but their disabilities could be assessed fairly without giving private companies an incentive to reduce benefits for the lesser-fortunate.