THE former Thirsk and Malton MP Anne Macintosh should be supported by everyone, like me, who is entitled to a senior bus pass. Ms McIntosh told a recent rural seminar that “a charge (should) be made towards rural bus services, even by concessionary fare passengers, to preserve the services" (D&S Times, June 19).

I would suggest that we, who have senior passes, go further and pay all fares on all bus services.

This quiet revolution would put more money into bus services and, backed by political will, could level charges downwards so that everyone pays lower fares.

There is an injustice in groups least able to afford bus fares having to pay full fares, for example parents of children under 18 and people on low wages.

Earlier this year, North Yorkshire Council consulted on saving £135,000 by cutting free transport to children in primary school who live between two and three miles from their school, and the second primary cause of referrals to the Trussell Trust Foodbank in 2014-15 was low income – 22.26 per cent of 1.84m people who needed free food were in work.

So next time we board a bus, let's start a quiet revolution towards a more equal and just society by quietly paying the full fare. We can then enjoy our ride mulling over the pleasures of being able to buy what we want when we want to.

Sally Reckert, Richmond.