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[email protected] · February 12th 13, 04:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
18:48:41 on Mon, 11 Feb 2013, remarked:

As a transport issue, the county consulted on (I don't recall the
result)

It seems they did withdraw the dedicated school buses, but gave
children a free bus-pass for the regular [city transport] buses (as
long as they also qualified for free school meals).

withdrawing school travel subsidy from those children who chose to
travel more than 3 miles to a faith school, when there was a
regular school close by.

I suppose the Catholics complained bitterly?

"The local diocese reacted angrily to the plans..." although there
are apparently 6 CofE schools as well as seven Catholic ones.

It's only the Catholics who try to insist that their flock only go to
Catholic schools, AIUI.

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Colin Rosenstiel