Local Transport Minister to give keynote speech at CPT conference
Simon Lightwood, the Minister for Local Transport, with responsibility for buses and coaches, will be the keynote speaker at the Confederation of...
Coach passengers spend £8.3 billion annually in Britain
New independent research commissioned by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) emphasises the strong economic benefit the coach sector has...
UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel welcomed
News that the government is to set up a UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel has been welcomed by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The...
Louise Haigh doubles down on public ownership of buses at...
Louise Haigh MP, Secretary of State for Transport, has doubled down on the Labour government’s move to bring buses into public ownership....
CPT’s Graham Vidler ‘backs Britain’s buses’ on the BBC
In a piece on today’s Buses Bill announcement on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, CPT CEO, Graham Vidler, commented on bus franchising and the...
Transport Secretary starts ‘bus revolution’ in Greater...
Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, is to visit Greater Manchester today (11 July 2024) to begin what the government describes as the ‘bus...
‘Huge opportunity’ for new Labour government, says...
Responding to the General Election result Graham Vidler, CEO at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), said: “The new government has a...
Labour plans to ‘turn the tides of decades of deregulation’
Labour Shadow Transport Minister, Louise Haigh, has set out Labour’s plans to encourage even more local control of the UK bus network if her party...