Spotting a significant difference between the key proposals for transport by the three main UK political parties is, as far as I can see, close to a needle in haystack hunt. But there is one difference above all that could be a key factor in ending the ‘I agree with Nick’ craze that kicked off [...]
By Leon Mannings
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Posted in About, What’s happening
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Also tagged Boris Johnson, Congestion Charge, Conservative, Labour, Labour Ken Livingstone, Lib Dem, London, London Mayor, motoring tax, Nick Clegg, Road Pricing, Susan Kramer, UK political parties, Zac Goldsmith
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20 October 2008 – 4:52 am
Residents and businesses in Manchester have been asked whether they want to pay a new ‘Congestion Charge’ tax to drive on the public highways they have already paid for – in exchange for massive government ‘investment’ in public transport development. But that is merely in theory. In practice, as the Manchester Evening News points out [...]
Consultations end soon on plans for a huge C–Charge/Road Pricing scheme in Manchester – and on whether London should keep the Western Extension of its Congestion Charging zone. But daggers are being drawn by doubters about the truth of claims by charging scheme supporters – and opponent’s concerns include a claim by Andrew Gilligan that [...]