Councillors in West Lothian have welcomed the introduction of free bus travel for young people across Scotland - but raised concerns about the costs of a scheme which is set to benefit almost a million young Scots.
Anti-poverty manager Nahid Hanif faced questions on costs and the roll-out when she gave details of the scheme to a meeting of West Lothian Council’s Executive this week.
More than 47,000 young people in the county will qualify for the free travel on buses from the end of January and the council is already working on plans to promote the scheme which has been introduced by Holyrood.
