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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not ruled out scrapping the free bus pass and council tax discounts for state pensioners. The future of travel concessions for pensioners has been left in doubt ahead of the upcoming Autumn Budget next month. During Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon, Conservative MP Louie French asked what other pensioner benefits are on the chopping block following the means-testing of the Winter Fuel Payment. She said: “Following Labour’s disgraceful political decision to scrap Winter Fuel Payments with little notice to millions of pensioners, will the Prime Minister t…