A petition has been launched in England to get free bus travel for all over 60s - with the same arrangements in place in ...

Nicola Sturgeon has called for Scotland to have a process to hold an independence referendum such as Northern Ireland has to hold a border poll.

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay ...

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and ...

Public sector pay awards have been a bone of contention for Stormont since its return last year with health and education ...

SCOTLAND has been hailed for its free pensioner travel scheme as the UK Government was urged to expand an “unjust” policy.

The Department for Transport confirmed last year that the UK Government has "absolutely no plans to withdraw the ...

The national entitlement scheme operates UK-wide but there are different eligibility rules under devolved governments.

Petition creator Karen Hickman argues the current scheme is “unjust” and calls for “equality for everyone over 60”. The campaigner explained people in England, living outside London, are not entitled ...

People over 60 or those with a disability can travel for free on buses in Scotland, but the rules are different in England.

People are pushing for the ENCTS to mirror Scotland's policy, offering free bus travel to all individuals aged 60 and above.