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27 November 2025

Expanding on Campaign for Better Transport’s initial response to the Budget, Chief Executive Ben Plowden made the following comments:

Responding to the Budget today, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

23 November 2025

Reacting to the announcement that rail fares will be frozen next year, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Responding to the Government announcement that housebuilding around railway stations will be given default “yes”, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday 26 November, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport said:

7 November 2025

Campaign for Better Transport and six other organisations have written to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget urging her to reclaim £4.2 billion a year in lost revenue by allowing the “temporary” 5p fuel duty cut to come to an end and ending the 14-year fuel duty freeze. The groups also call on the Chancellor to set out a clear process and timetable for introducing a per-mile charge on electric vehicles.

4 November 2025

Responding to Centre for Cities’ report, ‘Integrated transport: The size of the prize for mayors’, Ben Plowden of Campaign for Better Transport said: