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Commuters face 'contempt' from SNP ministers over budget for travel smartcards

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Commuters are being treated with "contempt" by SNP ministers after funding to get a long-awaited travel smartcard scheme off the ground was slashed, it's been claimed.Scottish Labour hit out after it was revealed the Scottish Government was cutting the budget for the project from £4.9 million to £3.9 million.The cards, which would allow money to be pre-loaded for use on trains, buses, ferries, trams and the Glasgow subway system, were announced in 2012 by Nicola Sturgeon.

But a decade on the system has failed to materialise - despite a similar system being used to implement free travel for all delegates at the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

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