Olly Glover, MP 🔶

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Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, Didcot and Wantage. I can be contacted at olly.glover.MP@parliament.uk

Letter to the Secretary of State outlining the need to provide clarity on the transition to Electric Vehicles following recent announcements of plans to water down the 2030 EV target.
LBC interview discussing bus fare cap
Olly Glover with two representatives of modeshift holding a sign which says 'celebrating 25 years of Modeshift making everday journeys healthier and safer'
Sign cellotaped to a Northern Rail ticket machine, saying "Please note: Please check your train is running before buying a ticket".
graphic which states inquiry into student loans launches today.
Tuesday 10th March 2026 Dear Lord Hendy, We write to express our shared concern about the removal of on-the-day refunds for walk-up rail tickets from 1st April, with exceptions for railway-caused disruption, and to ask you and your Department to reconsider. Removing the ability to obtain a refund from a walk-up ticket erodes one of the key advantages of these more expensive tickets, compared to cheaper and more restrictive advance purchase fares. This runs the risk of penalising individuals who buy their ticket in advance, in order to avoid last-minute panics on the day. Alongside this, the change is likely to have a significant impact on corporate bookings, which are rarely done on the day, and may be more prone to on-the-day cancellation of meetings due to changing business requirements. This change could also disproportionately affect elderly and vulnerable individuals, exemplified in a 2024 Department for Transport report: 'Ticket purchasing behaviour and preferences among rail passengers'. Crucially, respondents aged 66+ were more likely to purchase their tickets from a station ticket office (48%, compared with 12% for under 26, 19% for 26-45, and 30% for 46-65), which may imply less confidence with
A key finding from the Centre for Cities' "Measuring up" report in 2021 reads: 67% of people in large European cities can reach their city centre by public transport within 30 minutes, compared to only 40% of the people in Britain’s comparable cities.
candle and the title ' Holocaust Memorial Day '
part 1 of Olly Glover discussing SEND in PMQs