Chancellor's transport announcement: Communities cannot be “led up the garden path again

4 Jun 2025

EMBARGO: 00:01 Wednesday 4th June 

Responding to the Chancellor's announcement of £15.6 billion of investment in transport systems for mayoral authorities, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:

“These communities have heard these same promises before, only to be left with phantom transport networks.

“We must not see people led up the garden path once again.

"This is a welcome and much-needed investment in public transport but the Chancellor's words will ring hollow for many who have seen their bus fares hiked to £3 under Labour, or those in rural communities who barely have a bus service at all.

“Extra investment in public transport must also focus on cutting fares for hard-pressed families being clobbered by a cost of living crisis." 

ENDS

 


 

 

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