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Mayor Candidate Andy Craig Proposes Free Bus Passes for 11-18

6/30/2026

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Mayor-candidate Andy Craig pledged free bus travel for 11- to 18-year-olds across the Bee Network.
The pledge expands the ‘Our Pass’ scheme, which now covers only 16- to 18-year-olds, and aims to ease tight family budgets.
The announcement followed the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s removal of time limits on pensioners’ free passes and precedes the mayoral election on 30 July.

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Mayor-candidate Andy Craig pledged free bus travel for 11- to 18-year-olds across the Bee Network.
The pledge expands the ‘Our Pass’ scheme, which now covers only 16- to 18-year-olds, and aims to ease tight family budgets.
The announcement followed the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s removal of time limits on pensioners’ free passes and precedes the mayoral election on 30 July.