Please Stop Using Bus Passes - Transport Secretary

Farway

islandman wrote: »

and I bet they do. I overheard another of us oldies telling someone she had been all the way to Poole and only bought an evening paper. Beats popping out to the corner shop for one.

I know I could not, especially after a few pints in Brighton, I would have to get off at Bognor for the loo

mumps

aloise wrote: »

My feelings to a t. We brought our families up without,child tax credit, working tax and high family allowences. After going without all those years and paying into extra pension schemes we are surposed to tighten our belts again so the younger generation of have it all can be better off.:( Leave the pensioners alone. We have one of the worst pensions in Europe.

Not sure when you brought yours up, my eldest is 40 this year and I got Family Allowance, when we got married my husband's tax code changed and he got a tax rebate and the paid less tax, same happened when child 1 and 2 were born increase in tax code nice tax rebate and lower tax.

I think young families have it quite tough as do pensioners.

aloise

mumps wrote: »

Not sure when you brought yours up, my eldest is 40 this year and I got Family Allowance, when we got married my husband's tax code changed and he got a tax rebate and the paid less tax, same happened when child 1 and 2 were born increase in tax code nice tax rebate and lower tax.

I think young families have it quite tough as do pensioners.

My oldest is now 55. There used to be tax relief for children but as i remember it they stopped that and gave family allowence instead. The goverment wanted the women to have some money directly to them. It didn't quite work out as they planned, a lot of men (mine included ) simply gave their wives less money.:mad: Don't remember getting any tax relief but then again my dh wouldn't have told me.
I don't begrudge the young ones having a lot of help today,good luck to them, envious really i surpose. But i do get angry when pensioners are always in the firing line over evrey little thing they are given. We don't claim anything at all apart from our state pension which we have both paid into since we were 15. I love my bus pass, i don't trust dh on the road now and we could never afford to get around without it.

mumps

aloise wrote: »

My oldest is now 55. There used to be tax relief for children but as i remember it they stopped that and gave family allowence instead. The goverment wanted the women to have some money directly to them. It didn't quite work out as they planned, a lot of men (mine included ) simply gave their wives less money.:mad: Don't remember getting any tax relief but then again my dh wouldn't have told me.
I don't begrudge the young ones having a lot of help today,good luck to them, envious really i surpose. But i do get angry when pensioners are always in the firing line over evrey little thing they are given. We don't claim anything at all apart from our state pension which we have both paid into since we were 15. I love my bus pass, i don't trust dh on the road now and we could never afford to get around without it.

I had my first in 1970 and my husband definitely got tax rebate and new tax code when baby arrived. Tax rebate depended on when baby born, if born in April you didn't get anything, if they were born in March it was the for the whole tax year so was very nice. Family allowance and tax relief were definitely both available in the 70s, I know as I had a very tight budget and every penny counted.

I have also paid my tax and NI since I was 15 and due to changes in retiremet age for women I won't get my pension or bus pass till I am 63 but things are tough now for everyone. I always worked but I was in a minority with my friends when my children were babies, young moms now don't seem to have the choice, well at least the ones I know.

My husband already has his bus pass but he actually uses trains more, wish they were free.

aloise

My husband already has his bus pass but he actually uses trains more, wish they were free.

Me to, they are in London. I finished having my kids by 1963. I got 18 shillings ( about 80p ) a week family allowance, for 4 of them and you didn't get anything for the first. I went back to work in the evenings when my youngest was 6 weeks old. Should be able to get the pass if you have retired even if you are 60. Just glad they haven't done away with it altogether. I wouldn't mind paying a yearly supplement if it came out.

Indie_Kid

mumps wrote: »

I had my first in 1970 and my husband definitely got tax rebate and new tax code when baby arrived. Tax rebate depended on when baby born, if born in April you didn't get anything, if they were born in March it was the for the whole tax year so was very nice. Family allowance and tax relief were definitely both available in the 70s, I know as I had a very tight budget and every penny counted.

There is no such thing as different tax codes for parents now.

i don't trust dh on the road

Not aimed at your dh or anyone in particular; but I'm sure there are many older people who shouldn't be out on the road.

tanith

I think we are so lucky here in the Capital, free buses and tube and some of the train lines allow passes to be used in certain areas and there is no time restrictions so its brilliant, and with free travel for the under sixteens on buses I can take my grandchildren around for a cheap day out seeing the sites...

seven-day-weekend

I can use my bus pass on buses, metro tram and trains within the West Midland area, and on buses throughout England.

mumps

aloise wrote: »

My husband already has his bus pass but he actually uses trains more, wish they were free.

Me to, they are in London. I finished having my kids by 1963. I got 18 shillings ( about 80p ) a week family allowance, for 4 of them and you didn't get anything for the first. I went back to work in the evenings when my youngest was 6 weeks old. Should be able to get the pass if you have retired even if you are 60. Just glad they haven't done away with it altogether. I wouldn't mind paying a yearly supplement if it came out.

No the bus pass age is chaging in line with retirement age so I won't get mine till 63.

mumps

sh1305 wrote: »

There is no such thing as different tax codes for parents now.

I know, I was pointing out that although there are benefits for families now that we didn't get in the 60s or 70s there were other benefits then.