Free travel for the over 60s on local buses is supposed to be available from tomorrow (1st April - all fools day) according to a much trumpeted new scheme. But it appears that many people will not receive this right away because the agents to whom this has been contracted out have not sent them all out yet. Not suprisingly people in this position are not happy.

Update 1st April 2008. It is being claimed that nationally 93% of the new cards have been issued

Update 2nd April. Its now being claimed that 99% of the cards have been despatched locally in North East Derbyshire District Council area. How many ahve been received maybe different - depends presumably on the efficiency of the postal service.  Why  can we not seem to get things done in a timely fashion in the UK?