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In message , at 02:49:23
on Fri, 18 Jun 2010, remarked: Meanwhile councils like mine have experienced real financial chaos from this scheme. Not hysteria but reality. It'll be OK now that your people are in power, presumably? I doubt it. The pattern of affected councils is pretty all-party but the changes were brought in by the last government which, to be fair eventually realised its mistake. And this government can't be bothered to fix? -- Roland Perry |
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On Jun 18, 4:48*pm, wrote: In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 02:49:23 on Fri, 18 Jun 2010, remarked: Meanwhile councils like mine have experienced real financial chaos from this scheme. Not hysteria but reality. It'll be OK now that your people are in power, presumably? I doubt it. The pattern of affected councils is pretty all-party but the changes were brought in by the last government which, to be fair eventually realised its mistake. And this government can't be bothered to fix? They seem to think it's already fixed, I think. To clarify (because there's the danger of discussing at cross-purposes here!) I think some changes were made to the way the DfT recompenses councils for free bus travel, which happened in response to concerns such as those Colin outlined above. I should add I'm no expert on the matter! |
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, Mizter T writes To clarify (because there's the danger of discussing at cross-purposes here!) I think some changes were made to the way the DfT recompenses councils for free bus travel, which happened in response to concerns such as those Colin outlined above. I should add I'm no expert on the matter! One of these days, someone (other than me) is going to realise that courier services could be offered much more cheaply by the retired hopping around on their free travel passes than by man+van who has to pay for van, petrol, insurance, congestion charge etc. The only difficulty is organising distribution centres - parish tea rooms might appeal (I'm not being entirely flippant, by the way). -- Paul Terry |
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"Paul Terry" wrote in message ... In message , Mizter T writes To clarify (because there's the danger of discussing at cross-purposes here!) I think some changes were made to the way the DfT recompenses councils for free bus travel, which happened in response to concerns such as those Colin outlined above. I should add I'm no expert on the matter! One of these days, someone (other than me) is going to realise that courier services could be offered much more cheaply by the retired hopping around on their free travel passes than by man+van who has to pay for van, petrol, insurance, congestion charge etc. The only difficulty is organising distribution centres - parish tea rooms might appeal (I'm not being entirely flippant, by the way). -- Paul Terry At least one travel company in my part of the world advertised for someone to deliver tickets up to London and while I can't remember the exact wording and I suspect they had to be careful about age discrimination it was pretty clear they were looking for somebody with some from of rail pass and I got the distinct impression they were looking for a senior pass holder. |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Mizter T writes To clarify (because there's the danger of discussing at cross-purposes here!) I think some changes were made to the way the DfT recompenses councils for free bus travel, which happened in response to concerns such as those Colin outlined above. I should add I'm no expert on the matter! One of these days, someone (other than me) is going to realise that courier services could be offered much more cheaply by the retired hopping around on their free travel passes than by man+van who has to pay for van, petrol, insurance, congestion charge etc. The only difficulty is organising distribution centres - parish tea rooms might appeal (I'm not being entirely flippant, by the way). I know a guy who's old enough to have his freedom pass, but still works, as a consultant. He travels around on his pass, and so doesn't have to bill for travel. It's probably not a big saving for his clients, given how much he charges! tom -- When I see a man on a bicycle I have hope for the human race. -- H. G. Wells |
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Graham Harrison wrote
"Paul Terry" wrote One of these days, someone (other than me) is going to realise that courier services could be offered much more cheaply by the retired hopping around on their free travel passes than by man+van who has to pay for van, petrol, insurance, congestion charge etc. At least one travel company in my part of the world advertised for someone to deliver tickets up to London and while I can't remember the exact wording and I suspect they had to be careful about age discrimination it was pretty clear they were looking for somebody with some from of rail pass and I got the distinct impression they were looking for a senior pass holder. Which is only 1/3 off. A rail pensioner with a privilege ticket would be a better selection or (within the zones) a Freedom pass holder. I recall a character in a Dick Francis Novel (Driving Force) who IIRC, was paid rail fare as expenses then hitch-hiked. -- Mike D |
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In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote: In message , at 10:48:26 on Fri, 18 Jun 2010, remarked: Meanwhile councils like mine have experienced real financial chaos from this scheme. Not hysteria but reality. It'll be OK now that your people are in power, presumably? I doubt it. The pattern of affected councils is pretty all-party but the changes were brought in by the last government which, to be fair eventually realised its mistake. And this government can't be bothered to fix? They seem to think it's already fixed, I think. So we won't hear any more whinging from Cambridge City about the unfairness of it all. Good. Depends where you read. In the right places you would have heard much the same refrain from quite a list of councils. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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