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Ahead of next week’s Budget, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport said:

Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the Chancellor to use this month’s Budget to reform aviation tax to help boost the public purse and ensure the airline industry pays its fair share towards the costs of tackling climate change.

A new report by Campaign for Better Transport warns that inaccessible bus stops, shelters and surrounding streets are a major barrier to bus travel for disabled people, reducing access to education, employment, essential services and social opportunities.

6 October 2026

Blackpool North and Fleetwood MP Lorraine Beavers will be joined by community leaders, transport experts and business representatives at the town’s historic North Euston Hotel on Thursday (8 October) to discuss how to progress proposals to reopen the Poulton-Fleetwood rail line.

3 October 2026

The Budget should spread prosperity to every postcode by reconnecting the one in seven people in England (8.8 million people) currently at risk of being left behind by inadequate bus services, according to analysis by Campaign for Better Transport. The charity is urging ministers to use the upcoming Budget to invest an extra £300 million a year in local buses, enough to ensure every community has access to a decent bus service.

Responding to the Government’s newly published Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy, Ben Plowden, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

25 September 2026

Commenting on the success of the summer savings scheme, which enabled more than 14 million free bus journeys for children, Michael Solomon Williams of Campaign for Better Transport said:

A consortium of Arup, AECOM and Campaign for Better Transport has been appointed by the Department for Transport to develop a new national guidance document on the safety and accessibility of bus stopping places.

Campaign for Better Transport has today backed calls from the Climate Change Committee for a tougher approach to aviation emissions, after the Committee found there is no credible pathway for Heathrow expansion within the UK’s climate commitments.

10 September 2026

Commenting on the Government’s announcement of 29 new trains to be built in Derby, Ben Plowden of Campaign for Better Transport said:

10 September 2026

Commenting on the announcement that mayors and local leaders will have the power to introduce an Overnight Visitor Levy, Ben Plowden of Campaign for Better Transport said:

Campaign for Better Transport is urging the Government to develop a dedicated International Rail Strategy to give millions of travellers a realistic alternative to short-haul flights and help tackle the climate emergency.