On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:36:21 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

... or the council will need to provide transport for them to
attend
appointments,

BULL****. They can obviously use a taxi.

Hum hospital appointment from here by taxi, 50 ish mile round trip
plus say 2 hours waiting time:

£2.70 first 0.7 mile.
£2.00/mile there after
£14.00/hour waiting time

2.70 + (2 * 50) + (2 * 14) = £130.70

State Pension: £113.10/week

BUT as this is hospital appointment the NHS will provide transport if
there is no suitable public transport. The transport is still
subsidsed from your taxes it just comes out of a different budget. In
this case it moves from the councils to the NHS.

You would also need to provide council run bus services for
children to
get to school, as they would no longer be able to use the
subsidised
bus,

cough The public are no longer allowed on the school bus, at least
around here.

... and the council are required by law to provide home to school
transport if that distance is more than about 3 miles, or 1 mile
for
younger children,

Or if there is no suitable "safe" walking route. No pavements along
the roads here apart from the last 100 yds.

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Cheers
Dave.