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ASSOCIATION of District Councils has slammed what it "muddled thinking" by the Government over concessiofares policy.
Blatant electioneering" how an ADC spokesman :ribed the Government's en Paper, which he debed as "ill thought-out and ied".
he Green Paper does not )ose a national scheme, as .etends to, but will compel payers in some cases to vastly increased financial port to schemes which do not want and can cely afford, said the esman.
DC has promised to give Government's Green Paper lull consiaeration but has re-stated its opinion that individual councils should be free to make their own decisions on the type of scheme they should provide. But it has been ADC policy since 1973 that schemes should be coordinated, as far as possible, between county branches of district councils.
In the long term, thinks -ADC, mobility for the elderly 'can best be achieved by raising pensions enough to remove the need for concessionary schemes.