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Campaign for Better Transport has written to the Transport Secretary Louise Haigh, urging her to cancel ‘large and unnecessary’ road projects – including the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing and the £1.5 billion A66 Northern Trans-Pennine scheme – and to invest in public transport instead. 

Campaign for Better Transport has announced that its Chief Executive of four years, Paul Tuohy, will be retiring next year.

12 September 2024

Responding to the news that Ruth Cadbury has been elected Chair of the Transport Committee, Ben Curtis of Campaign for Better Transport said:

Responding to the Government’s ‘Better Buses’ announcement today, Silviya Barrett, Director of Policy and Research at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Campaign for Better Transport has written to the Chancellor, urging her to reform vehicle taxation or face a massive revenue gap. With the UK transitioning away from petrol and diesel vehicles towards zero emission vehicles, the letter warns, revenue from fuel duty will decline by an estimated £5 billion a year by 2033.