March 03 2021
CPT Chief Executive Graham Vidler reacted to the Chancellor's Budget and what it means for bus:
“Bus will be vital in the country’s Covid-19 economic recovery and drive towards net zero helping people get back to work and taking cars off our roads.
“Today was an opportunity for the Chancellor to ensure that sufficient funding is available, as hopefully restrictions end this summer, to enable the industry to deliver the services passengers will need as life returns to normal. It is disappointing this has not been taken.
“It is vital that the important funding that is currently in place to support the sector while passenger numbers are reduced is not at the expense of the services passengers will need in the future.”