Sentences with phrase «protected free bus»

If they also protected free bus passes to pensioners, street sweeping, and repaying loans on infrastructure investment, all duties which councils would find difficult to decommission, then the level of cuts falling on other services rises to 60 %.

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The Tories will continue to protect pensioner benefits including the free bus pass, TV licences and the winter fuel payment.

A Labour Government will protect pensioners by legislating to guarantee the triple lock, and committing to keep the Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes.

Since the winter fuel allowance is the most expensive of the main pensioner benefits (costing # 2.2 bn last year) it seems equally likely that free bus passes (# 1bn) and free TV licences (# 600m) will similarly be protected.

Cameron's refusal to promise to protect universal benefits such as Winter Fuel Payments, free TV licences and free bus passes on The Andrew Marr Show yesterday, in contrast with his pledge to maintain the triple lock on the state pension (so that it rises in line with inflation, earnings, or 2.5 %, whichever is highest), was widely interpreted as preparing the ground for a U-turn.

Let me reiterate: the Conservatives will keep the Winter Fuel Allowance, keep free TV licences for the over 75s, keep free bus passes, and we will protect and expand Sure Start.

Wealthy pensioners will still get benefits like free bus passes and winter fuel payments until 2015 because David Cameron promised to protect them during the 2010 campaign.