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OneLegTooFew on May 21, 2026 4:02 am >Children aged five to 15 will travel for free on participating local buses in England in August, the chancellor will anounce on Thursday. >Rachel Reeves is to reveal a £100m fare-free scheme designed to relieve some of the ongoing cost-of-living pressures. >The Labour government will also suspend tariffs on more than 100 types of products including biscuits, chocolate, and dried fruit and nuts.
Interesting-Lead-788 on May 21, 2026 4:15 am Nice touch. But when things are so expensive anyway this hardly touches the sides. But at least you get cheaper dried nuts and a day out kids.
MerakiBridge on May 21, 2026 4:30 am Why do they need these schemes when these crooks could simply start uplifting income tax thresholds to match inflation. Needless bureaucracy.
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>Children aged five to 15 will travel for free on participating local buses in England in August, the chancellor will anounce on Thursday.
>Rachel Reeves is to reveal a £100m fare-free scheme designed to relieve some of the ongoing cost-of-living pressures.
>The Labour government will also suspend tariffs on more than 100 types of products including biscuits, chocolate, and dried fruit and nuts.
Nice touch. But when things are so expensive anyway this hardly touches the sides. But at least you get cheaper dried nuts and a day out kids.
Why do they need these schemes when these crooks could simply start uplifting income tax thresholds to match inflation. Needless bureaucracy.