This website uses cookies to help us understand the way visitors use our website. We can't identify you with them and we don't share the data with anyone else. If you click Reject we will set a single cookie to remember your preference. Find out more in our privacy policy.

Easy Read

Donate

Easy Read

Donate

Easy News: party views on transport

Easy News: party views on transport

Easy Read home

  1. 1: Conservative party views on transport

    1. The Conservatives have said they would spend £1.75bn to fund the Midlands Rail Hub and give £4.7bn to smaller cities towns and rural areas in the North and Midlands to spend on transport.

    2. They have said they will make the train lines in North Wales electric, which will cost £12 billion .

    3. They have promised to improve accessibility at 100 train stations

    4. Conservatives want to invest £83bn to fill potholes and resurface roads.

    Back to top

  2. 2: Labour party views on transport

    1. Labour want the trains to be managed by the government. They say this will benefit passengers and save money.

    2. They will create a new organisation for passengers called a watchdog. This organisation will make standards better for people.

    3. They will let local leaders control bus funding and route planning, making buses more reliable everywhere.

    4. They have promised to fix an extra one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament

    Back to top

  3. 3: Liberal Democrats' views on transport

    1. The Liberal Democrats want local authorities to plan and run local bus routes

    2. They want to keep bus and train ticket prices the same and improve accessibility at train stations

    3. They want to make trains run on electricity to help the environment, build new tracks that can also use electricity making everything work better and faster

    4. They want to make a special discount card for young people to use buses and make it easier for buses and trains to work together so it's simpler for everyone to get around

    Back to top

  4. 4: The Green Party views on transport

    1. The Green Party wants to reduce speed limits to 20mph in built-up areas to make streets safer and more public-friendly.

    2. Over 5 years they would move £19 billion from road-building to invest in public transport, making it more affordable, accessible, and environmentally friendly, including funding to lower fares by up to 10%.

    3. They would make public transport a priority by bringing bus services into local authority control. They would also expand the rail network.

    4. The Green Party wants their to be less air travel and heavy freight on roads. To do this they will make new environmental taxes, stop airport expansion, and move freight to railways and waterways.

    Back to top

  5. 5: Reform party views on transport

    1. The Reform party wants to cancel the HS2 high-speed train between London and Birmingham in their first 100 days

    2. They also plan to end restrictions like ultra-low emission zones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods to support drivers.

    3. The want to keep selling petrol and diesel cars after 2035 and they want to stop new 20mph speed limit zones.

    4. In the future, they say they want to improve current transport systems.

    Back to top