Cuts to cycling and walking budget in England ‘will cost £2bn in long term’

Cuts to cycling and walking budget in England ‘will cost £2bn in long term’ The government’s decision this month to slash the budget for cycling and walking in England by more than 50% could cost more than £2bn in the long term through its impact on public health and the wider economy, a Labour analysis has estimated.

The £380m cut to the active travel budget in the current spending review, which has two more years to run, has already been condemned by campaign groups as short-sighted and damaging. The Guardian