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Schoolchildren without smartphones will need to pay hundreds of pounds more for annual bus fares, as the cheaper passes are now exclusively digital. For example, an 11-year-old in Derbyshire could pay an extra £546 a year as a discount is only available via an app. Campaigners say this penalises poorer households and undermines efforts to reduce children's screen time.
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