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End of term reflections

July 24 2025

As Parliament rises for summer recess, Matthew Mann, Senior Public Affairs Manager at CPT, reflects on the last 12 months in bus and coach policy.

The future of free bus travel: funding, fairness and the over 60s

July 21 2025

Rebecka Steven, Senior Policy Adviser at the CPT, explains the rules and funding around concessionary fares for bus passengers. 

CPT President’s Diary: Why work in coach and bus?

July 15 2025

Paul Lynch, CPT President and Stagecoach London MD, reflects on working in the bus and coach industry.

Every penny spent must deliver value for bus passengers

June 27 2025

The CPT’s chief executive Graham Vidler responds to the National Audit Office’s report on funding for the bus industry

Zero-Emission Coaches: "Like the first journey to the moon"

May 16 2025

CPT's Policy Manager, Nicholas Jessup, has been in conversation with Maynes Coaches about the future of Zero-Emission Coaches. 

Reasons to be cheerful about buses at the ballot box

April 29 2025

CPT's Director of Policy and External Relations, Alison Edwards, looks on the bright side of the political airtime buses are receiving. 

Operating an occasional European coach trip? Here’s what you need to know

April 22 2025

Are you a coach operator making occasional journeys carrying passengers between the UK and European Union? If so, the CPT’s Operations Team has been working to make the paperwork as simple and straightforward as possible.

COVID – five years on: What the coach and bus sectors learned

April 14 2025

Paul Lynch, CPT President and Stagecoach London MD, reflects on what the coach and bus sectors achieved during the tough times of the COVID pandemic

Five Years On: Honouring the Bus Drivers Who Kept Britain Moving

March 20 2025

This week marks five years since the UK entered its first lockdown due to COVID-19. In those early days, uncertainty and fear were everywhere. The road transport sector was hit hard, but the crisis also underscored the essential role of buses in keeping communities connected.