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Extend child transport fees to the age of 18 in the UK.

Submitted on Tuesday 29th November 2016

Rejected on Friday 2nd December 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Extend child transport fees to the age of 18 in the UK.

Petition Details

16 and 17 year olds are considered children in politics by not having the right to vote. They are also subject to the Education and Skills Act, making full time education compulsory until age 18 in the UK. As they are not in full time paid work, they should not pay adult fees on public transport.

Additional Information

We are a group of 16-17 year old politics students who face this issue directly and daily. As we live in a rural area, public transport is extremely important to our lives. Even those of us who are in paid work are on minimum wage of £3.87 (or £3.30 for apprenticeships), and our places of education suggest to us that, as students, we should not work more than 10 hours a week.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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