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Free bus travel would help poorest most, Labour says
FREE bus travel would would help the poorest the most, Labour has said after producing analysis showing that over half of bus passengers earned less than £20,000 per year.
The party’s study of the latest Scottish transport statistics revealed that 52 per cent of people who have taken a bus journey “in the past day” had an annual income of less than £20,000.
Only 11 per cent of those who used the bus earned over £40,000.
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