Harrogate charity says Government's bus passes decision 'will make such a difference to disabled people'
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Harrogate charity says Government's bus passes decision 'will make such a difference to disabled people'
• The Government has scrapped restrictions on disabled bus passes just weeks before Harrogate and Knaresborough’s MP was due to force a second Commons vote on it.
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