Pleas for more cash to fund free travel for the over-60s have fallen on deaf ears at the Department for Transport (DfT). This week, bus company the Go-Ahead Group joined voices of concern about a shortfall in funding for the scheme, offering unlimited free travel on buses for pensioners. Go-Ahead Group chief executive Keith Ludeman said pensioners could not be given a ‘blank cheque'. Earlier this month, the LGA warned council services and jobs could be at risk because of a shortfall of up to £30m in funding for the national free bus pass scheme. LGA transport board chairman, Cllr David Sparks, said: ‘It would be a tragedy if this scheme, which was introduced with the very best of intentions, resulted in councils having to slash other vital services, or cut jobs because central government funding has been inadequate.' But the DfT said there would be no extra funding only a review of the administration of the £1bn currently made available. A DfT spokeswoman said: ‘Funding already takes account of likely demand in visitor hotspots such as coastal towns, urban centres and popular tourist destinations, however we recognise that some councils have concerns over funding.'