http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “English cities to receive transport boost of almost £7bn in budget” en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:22:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20767#post-356154 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:32:24 +0000 chdot 356154@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/25/lindsay-hoyle-berates-rishi-sunak-leaking-budget-details" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/25/lindsay-hoyle-berates-rishi-sunak-leaking-budget-details</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20767#post-356100 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:24:29 +0000 Stickman 356100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“ First question of a busy Sunday media round, and Rishi Sunak has already had to confirm that his "£7bn" for non-London transport projects in this week's budget is actually just £1.5bn of new money.”</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/1452176825120133121?s=21" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/1452176825120133121?s=21</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20767#post-356064 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:48:59 +0000 chdot 356064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>City regions will receive a total of about £5.7bn in sustainable transport cash, while another £1.2bn will go towards improving bus services.</p> <p>Only about £1.5bn of what the Treasury is styling a “local transport revolution” appears to be new money, with £4.2bn having been previously announced in 2019 for cities, and the bus funding coming from a £3bn fund promised by Boris Johnson last year.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/23/english-cities-transport-budget-greater-manchester-west-midlands" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/23/english-cities-transport-budget-greater-manchester-west-midlands</a> </p>