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Schoolchildren without smartphones face higher bus fares as travel passes are digitised

Critics argue that digitising cheaper travel passes via apps undermines government guidance to keep mobile phones out of schools in England.

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  1. Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares The Guardian Business ·