Government Policy
Transport Decarbonisation Plan
The government has published its commitments and the actions needed to decarbonise the entire transport system in the UK. It includes: the pathway to net
Government response to driver shortage
Transport minister Baroness Vere said extending drivers’ hours was “definitely not a long-term solution” to the burgeoning recruitment crisis, and that the industry had known
AA calls for VAT to be scrapped on electric...
The AA and members are calling on the Government to scrap VAT on the sale of electric cars on the Autumn Budget to help boost
Public trust was undermined on smart motorw...
Highways England undermined trust in smart motorways when it failed to give an accurate timeline for a 2016 pledge to make technology to detect stopped
Welsh road building spend freeze will slow ...
In response to the announcement this week that all new road building projects in Wales will be frozen while the Welsh Government conducts a review,
Enterprise partners with new Scottish GO-HI...
Enterprise has been selected as the car rental partner for the ground-breaking GO-HI Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) project which has launched today (21 June) in the Highlands
Carbon Battle Bus – delivering the ne...
Mitford peer Lord Redesdale and Conservative Andrew Griffith MP, UK Net Zero Business Champion, inaugurated the UK’s first fully electric ‘Carbon Battle Bus’ at Old
Net Zero plans must consider rural communit...
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes that a one-size-fits-all approach to net zero carbon emissions is likely to have disproportionate societal effects
Government paves the way for self-driving v...
Motorists could see self-driving vehicles on British roads for the first time later this year, the Department for Transport has announced today (28 April 2021).
Government with £20 million chargepoints b...
Local authorities are being urged to take advantage of a £20 million cash injection to boost the number of on-street electric vehicle chargepoints in towns
