all the government want you to have is just enough to live on. sometimes not even that. the way most ppl live today is with massive debts.----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Free off-peak national bus travel? : Yes Kevin, you may well ask why we're waiting two years! Well, by then an : election should be on the horizon so maybe it'll catch a few voters? : : Only other reason I can think of is delaying spending the money, especially : as the budget had a lot to say about efficiency savings etc. : : What anoys me is what appears to be a not unusual lack of joined up thinking, : especially when you consider the push in the 'back-to-work' emphasis of : Government social policy. You would think that obliging people to pay : £250.00 out of a low wage to get to work wouldn't actuly encourage people to : err, get to work. : Ray : : Personal emails: Email me at : mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx> : : :: i'm in hampshire and up to now we had free bus travel within the county :: anytime of the day. this is changing now to only within the particular :: council borough you live in. still free though. also, i've just read the :: budget summary on the BBC website, and it only mentions pensioners in :: relation to this bus travel thing, no mention of disabled people at all. : i'd :: like to know also, why it's scheduled for 2 years ahead! 2 years? come on! :: Kevin - owner of the blind gamers discussion list :: contact me via email/msn: :: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :: To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> :: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:25 AM :: Subject: [access-uk] Re: Free off-peak national bus travel? :: :: :: > We have a truly weird situation here in the West Midlands. The : concession :: > here is administered by a QANGO known as Centro. Some local authorities :: > subsidise the Centro £250 full pass so that in Birmingham, well until :: > recently, you paid just over 30 quid for West Midlands wide travel. :: > Neighbouring borough Sandwell obliges its residents to pay the full £250 :: > whack for travel before 9:30. Other local authorities seem to come :: somewhere :: > in between. :: > :: > I guess those hit the hardest by the less generous arrangements of some :: local :: > authorities are the working low waged people who face another : disincentive :: to :: > take up more lowly paid jobs, and that's probably the majority of the :: > minority of VI people who do happen to be working but aren't paid very :: > highly. :: > :: > Naturally those who fare worst under this scheme of things feel most :: > aggrieved, but as with blindness related campaigning generally this :: > complaining doesn't surface outside the pub and into a more concerted and :: > articulate demand. :: > :: > Guess this is rather off-topic here, but whatever your feelings about :: travel :: > subsidies and concessions, people are bound, increasingly, to make :: > comparisons with Scotland where the holy grail of free travel anywhere :: within :: > its boarders seems to have become a reality. :: > Ray :: > :: > Personal emails: Email me at :: > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx :: > :: > ----- Original Message ----- :: > From: "Mel Spooner" <mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :: > :: > :: > I will actually be worse off with this new scheme as I travel before 9:30 :: > in the mornings. They are replacing the half price pass I currently have :: > with this off peak one. :: > :: > Mel :: > :: : : ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- : ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] : ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: : ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : ** and in the Subject line type : ** unsubscribe : ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the : ** immediately-following link:- : ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] : ** or send a message, to : ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq : : ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq