FREE bus travel would would help the poorest the most, Labour has said after producing analysis showing that over half of bus passengers earned less than £20,000 per year.

The party’s study of the latest Scottish transport statistics revealed that 52 per cent of people who have taken a bus journey “in the past day” had an annual income of less than £20,000.

Only 11 per cent of those who used the bus earned over £40,000.