Highlighting TfL’s half price bus concession for people on Income Support

Local MP John McDonnell offered his support for a new scheme from the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. Launched in August, the scheme allows up to 250,000 of the least well-off Londoners to benefit from half price bus and tram travel.

The initiative entitles all Londoners on Income Support to receive half-price bus and tram travel, including lone parents, carers, long-term sick people and disabled people. This means that Londoners on the lowest incomes will pay 45p for a single bus journey, which is half the 90p adult Oyster fare and less than a quarter of the £2 cash fare.

The initiative follows an agreement signed earlier this year by the Mayor, Transport for London (TfL) and Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela Europa, to provide fuel for the Capital’s bus fleet.

Local MP John McDonnell is the President of the campaigning organisation “Hands Off Venezuela” which has worked to support the Chávez government in Venezuela, and met with President Chávez on his visit to the UK last year.

Application forms and leaflets for the discount scheme are available from Post Offices in the Greater London area and http://www.tfl.gov.uk/discountcard . They will also be available in the near future from John McDonnell MP’s Constituency Office. Please call 0800 731 4546 for more information about the scheme.

Local MP John McDonnell said “This is a welcome initiative which will benefit many local people. I will be working with TfL to ensure that as many local people as possible who qualify can benefit from this scheme”.

submitted by John on 08 Nov 2007 at 12:26