No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment

A proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s will not go ahead as it is "unaffordable" at the moment, the government has said.The trial was one recommendation put forward by the Transport Committee of MPs in a report this August.In its response, published on Friday, the government said no money was available for such a scheme under the funding allocated in the current spending review period - which runs…