Any cut to pensioners’ free bus passes would affect three in four elderly people across all income scales who regularly rely on the benefit, figures show. Of pensioners with a household income of less that £7,000 a year, 79 per cent currently take up the free bus pass and use it an average of four times every week, according to the latest available figures Photo: ALAMY By Peter Dominiczak, Political Correspondent 9:00AM GMT 11 Jan 2013 Comments Senior Conservative ministers have hinted that the Tories could go into the next election warning pensioners to expect a cut in their benefits. Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said pensioners will get plenty of warning...
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