BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher has welcomed the Government's concessionary bus travel bill launched this week.
The bill will provide free off-peak bus travel for pensioners and disabled people.
Mrs Ussher said: "Up to now, concessionary bus travel has been restricted to the boundaries of local authorities.
"Of course this was great if you only travelled in Burnley but if you wanted to travel to Blackburn or Preston the pass wasn't valid - nor was the pass practical or flexible if you lived on an authority boundary.
"That is why I wholeheartedly welcome the new bill which will make the old boundaries irrelevant and allow pensioners and disabled people free off-peak travel - if they wanted, they could even to travel to Cornwall."
The bill guarantees free bus travel for those eligible from 9.30am until 11pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.
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