{"id":370188,"date":"2026-01-14T22:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370188\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:57:34","slug":"freedom-pass-saved-labour-councils-block-threat-to-free-travel-for-older-londoners-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370188\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for older Londoners &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPdnNIZ0pydXRZRWswNVoyb0dYZ3ZRcnhNNFpNMDFQaUliSTdoeG5oZHZrbkxnWnlxTTlkcGVSelJXU19YTEs3ZEVuME9kVFZQYm5Hb2FDNjJzSFk5OWdNVm1MUS1fUXp4WFZpdThKZThBdFgtRXlKbnVJei1DQXNoMF9qME5UeVo4TTBpNVV1VzZvNXI5bVo3UTlpcUI1RWdoN0hxeFJhNUhDVTBWVHk5bFEtc01Nc1ZzbmR0blVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for older Londoners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1ibWhYbndXXzVPTHhnMDZPTnBQbkZjalQ1X0tfX1RyQVNNbTZheTloeVdtODBDMjE0cVZtWHZPZzFRc2o1ZWlJRlJfdEF6ZnpmbUNnQ2k2Q1BoaDVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Petition started over plans to change Freedom Pass in London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQRHc2cWk2cFF0R2VOVGtHUW83QkwwUS1HR2Z6N3BGTWk1dFhpVG5KSDdkWGV0aDltWjdkQmVKY3RJRGhzOUJwUXU4dGdLbTR1eS1pc05GbTZnZFV3eksyaVhuS1JZc3FFNGxkYVVBOTlGaGZQUHJmM1BWYVdaTFROZW9LMmMxcUhKRWdrelJTc05oUmRSMFJCUUVoSEo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Charity to campaign against cuts to Londoners\u2019 Freedom Pass<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inside Croydon<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPcy1kaWFWd0prUl9tVzZSRDVyNkdvejN6R2J1dnBhQ0pxc2ROY2JINkZLWTdkSlNpSGJKS0FveWduejdSUkswWGM4SUxOdVZzbzRoc0dtcnNydWpUb1RCN3BwWGN0X1NzVVVydUI2U2pWUkdvQmlKdmhzcm5xaDZ3VVR5UHRpMUR6emltVnk3VUlrNFQyZFdV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Got an oyster card? Then you\u2019d better get used to paying more for less<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;City AM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQS20yckx1X0VwNkZaOUxsMy1XUGgzSFJuV2oyTGJNaFpOQzUtY1oyQlFaVmpEYkRESXMyWjRVd2d5YV9DN2xDSUNTQkluT3F1Nk5velJnSEp5TjlOWFM4NXh6eEVyTnNuZTlnbEdKZFNzZzBzLUVYRkJGYklZb3IyUndOOTBJVTdVd0ZZU2lQXzNiNjNZY1pzMTRPcGxrXzVv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Letters: Do not let Freedom Pass us by, fight for our mobility<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Socialist Worker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for older Londoners&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardPetition started over plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,1634,141336,50,14751,387,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-370188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-labour","12":"tag-london-councils","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sadiq-khan","15":"tag-travel","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}