More than half of young Scots have still not received a free bus pass six months after the flagship scheme was launched, figures obtained by Scottish Labour have revealed.

A Parliamentary question revealed that across Scotland over 570,000 children and young people aged between five and 21 have still not been issued with a pass.

It comes two years after the Scottish Government scheme – which opened for applications in January this year – was announced.

Scottish Labour transport spokesman Neil Bibby has accused the SNP of “congratulating themselves on a job half done” and has called the progress “pitiful”.

He said: “While the SNP and the Greens are busy congratulating themselves on a job half done, most young people still don’t have their pass this summer.

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