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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Freedom Pass 'in danger' if Government restricts council income from motoring fines, warn London boroughs

Free travel benefits enjoyed by more than a million older Londoners are under threat from proposed Government changes to council income from parking charges, it can be revealed.

London Councils, the organisation that represents the 33 boroughs, warned there would be a “real danger” of being unable to fund the Freedom Pass and concessionary schemes for children with special educational needs and adult Londoners with disabilities.

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