Greater Manchester Franchising

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RE: Greater Manchester Franchising

(15/05/2021 08:53)knutstransport Wrote:  Actually the tax is for 'single use' plastic bags, which many supermarkets have abolished in favour of stronger 'reusable' bags or bags for life. There's nothing to stop supermarkets giving away free bags for life and then offering lifetime replacement for worn out ones. Some shops have also swapped plastic for paper, which gets around the tax.

10p for a plastic bag is negligible. The cost per household of providing free public transport would be considerably higher, so it's not a comparable argument.

If you're going to start penalising motorists even further than is already the case, you're looking at massive civil unrest. Free public transport only works when there is a tight-knit operating area with blanket coverage.