Travel passes, TV licences etc - is this fair?

I second what hetty said but not just for London. London is only highlighted because it's the capital, everywhere else gets a snippet of publicity or totally forgotten. So many would like to be able to use public transport but the timings and links just do not work for the greater majority- I speak from personal experiences over many instances and many many years.

Agree FlexibleFriend

Bus passes are linked to state pension age in other parts of the country, why not the same in London?

I'm a Londoner aged 65 I have no free travel pass and think they should fall in line with pension age. So when you get your pension you become eligible for free travel and not before.

Means testing is very expensive, involves a lot of admin, fraud checking and updating. It's more cost-efficient, overall, to just make these benefits universal. When I use a bus or train, there are always plenty of empty seats anyway - so I'm not really 'costing' much at all!

Or even 70. 60 these days is too young for any freebies.

I think anything that encourages people to use public transport, rather than drive, should be considered a priority in London now. We have traffic congestion, parking problems and terrible air pollution, after all!

It might be reasonable to change the minimum age to 65 perhaps?