:puke: I wonder why getting a new social worker is allready 2 weeks old, has this got anything to do with it.

Pools and parks face cuts to fund bus passes for everyone over 60

Under the rules, bus-pass holders’ trips will be paid for by the area authority in which passengers board the bus.Dozens of councils in popular tourism and shopping destinations will have to pay for journeys made by the thousands of elderly visitors who depart on their buses each year. A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) found that more than 30 councils were planning to cut services or raise council tax as a direct result of a shortfall in funding for bus passes.


Portsmouth City Council has cut five librarians and funding for the local Rape Crisis Centre to help it to meet a total shortfall of £1.3 million in its bus-pass budget