The youth organisation’s call comes ahead of next week’s government spending review and follows a report by the Intergenerational Foundation and Campaign for Better Transport that said cuts to buses were hitting young people more than any other age group.
The report found that bus fares have risen 33 per cent in the past seven years, leaving many young people unable to afford transport and to travel to job interviews.
It also found that cuts to bus routes had reduced young people’s ability to find work outside their immediate locality and recommended free travel passes for young people and no more cuts to transport budgets.
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