Under-22s in England should get free bus travel to access work and training, MPs say

<p>Transport committee also suggests rural weighting for bus funding and a national policy for services in England</p><p>People under the age of 22 should get free bus travel to help them access work and training in otherwise cut-off communities, a committee of MPs has said, urging ministers to show more ambition to reverse a long-term decline in bus travel.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/09/labour-to-give-english-local-authorities-power-to-run-bus-services">Plans to devolve powers over bus services to local transport authorities</a> are welcome but are not enough on their own to make bus services more reliable in smaller towns and rural areas, according to the report by the cross-party Commons transport committee.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/13/people-under-22-england-free-bus-travel-access-work-mps-say">Continue reading...</a>