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The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Cambridge paper's bus campaign stops at No 10

A campaign by the Cambridge Evening News culminated in the paper delivering a petition signed by 10,560 readers to 10 Downing Street. The editor, Murray Morse, handed in the petition, which demands free bus travel across Cambridgeshire for the over-60s and the disabled. The News launched its campaign in April after discovering that the government's concessionary bus fares scheme didn't live up to its promise. "Many pensioners actually find themselves worse off when travelling on buses," said Morse. (Via CEN : Top stories)

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