Jon Byrne Labour Councillor - Manor Ward

Manor Ward covers Manor Ward covers Offerton (in part), Littlemoor, Heaviley, Woodbank and Hillgate.

Posts like this from Reform Councillors are disrespectful trying to create a divide...

Posts like this from Reform Councillors are disrespectful trying to create a divide between people. Everyone in this country pays tax, there is clear evidence that those people on lower income pay a higher percentage than those with the highest incomes. It also either shows a lack of understanding or a deliberate misrepresentation by conflating revenue spend with capital debt, it is like comparing paying for your weekly shopping on a credit card with paying for your house on a mortgage, two di

Posts like this from Reform Councillors are disrespectful trying to create a divide between people. Everyone in this country pays tax, there is clear evidence that those people on lower income pay a higher percentage than those with the highest incomes.

It also either shows a lack of understanding or a deliberate misrepresentation by conflating revenue spend with capital debt, it is like comparing paying for your weekly shopping on a credit card with paying for your house on a mortgage, two different types of debt.

Providing free bus travel for 11-16 year olds will be funded by the Greater Manchester Combined Authorities budget, some of that money comes from various taxes, some comes from the fare taken on the Bee Network.

Giving all of our young people access to our buses will be transformative for them, I have heard directly from young people on how the 16-18 year old version changed their lives.

I wonder if Reform also disagrees with the Older Person and Disabled Persons free bus travel?

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