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Bus recovery funding extended with an extra £130 million: transport charity reacts

Aug 19th 2022

Responding to the announcement of up to £130 million of government funding to support English bus services from October 2022 to March 2023, Paul Tuohy from Campaign for Better Transport said:

Freeze rail fares next year to provide ‘passenger certainty’

Aug 17th 2022

Responding to the announcement of a 12.3 per cent RPI rate for July, Paul Tuohy, chief executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Tax aviation fuel to fund rail fare freeze, say campaigners

Aug 16th 2022

Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the Government to introduce a fuel tax on domestic flights and use the money to fund a rail fare freeze for 2023.

National £2 bus fare cap will be useless if buses are cut

Aug 15th 2022

Responding to an article in today’s Daily Telegraph by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps in which he proposes a £2 bus fare cap for 12 months from October, Paul Tuohy, chief executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Calls for rail fare freeze as RPI forecast hits at 17.7%

Aug 3rd 2022

Responding to The National Institute of Economic and Social Research forecast that the Retail Prices Index (RPI), which is used to set rail fares and student loans repayments, will hit 17.7 per cent, Paul Tuohy from Campaign for Better Transport said:

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