Petition · past parliament
The Government needs to address the inequality in travel for older people.
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Based on where you live, you are treated differently. This goes against equality and is overt discrimination. LA's are all setting differing ages for 'Older' people to receive free travel. The postcode lottery is made more unpalatable as in Scotland, Wales and NI, people aged 60 get free travel.
For example, in West Midlands both women and men have to wait until state retirement age. Yet in London, women can get free travel at age 60. A similar arrangement operates in Manchester. I was not aware of these anomalies until recently and so accepted, as our fate, that the free travel was addressed to align to state retirement age. Now i am disabused of that notion, i believe we need to bring fairness and equality to all. The Government may wish to hide behind Local Authority funding i say no
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 20 Sep 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Sep 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.