Free bus travel for the unemployed
Unemployed people are to get free bus travel to help them find work.
The scheme, which will cover 70% of bus routes in the country, will be run by the country's biggest bus companies, including Arriva, First, Go-Ahead, National Express and Stagecoach, as well as a handful of local operators. It could help up to 800,000 jobless people in the regions where the companies operate.
It comes on top of a scheme which offers 50% off train travel to those unemployed for more than three months using the Jobcentre Plus travelcard, and will start in January.
