I ask all carers and carees within the Medway region to sign this petition as a first step to redressing the issue of this £75 which is wrongly being levied against us,(and what amounts to no more than a subsidy to Medway Council) to have free travel on public transport both within and without the region.

Such a scheme where carers travel free operates in the whole of Scotland if travelling with a partner, and Medway state that this charge is countrywide, when after consulting 5 other councils in England I have found this to be untrue.

In short, this petition needs support so as we can overturn this appalling and unfair charge or, indeed find a fairer and more affordable way of travel.