One of the women impacted by the ruling was Julie Delve from South Cumbria. The BackTo60 group brought a Court of Appeal challenge over the changes after losing a landmark High Court fight against the Department for Work and Pensions last year.

Doran, 31, faces two charges after a trip for her former fiancé and around 30 of his friends and family members turned out to be fake.

Councillors voted in agreement with the fare rise after being told that refusing to do so could result in government intervention.