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Tag Archives: C-Charge

War of words over UK Road Pricing escalates as London C-Charge zone is halved – and £230,000 DfT funded TV ad about Manchester scheme is banned for bias to ‘yes’ campaign

The Western half of London’s Congestion Charge Zone will be scrapped – barely a year after former Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone doubled the zone in 2007, despite 70% of Londoners and 80% of businesses saying ‘no’ at the time as Ben Webster of The Times reported. Go here to see how lovely it all was […]

Why did Ruth Kelly go? Did UK Transport Minister quit to see her record breaking clutch of kids or more of old flame Miliband?

Or, as TC wonders, is it to save her Bolton seat in the face of public anger about a Congestion Charging plan for Manchester – and support for rejection that is far more extensive across the region than mainstream news reports? The ludicrously timed announcement that T-Minister Ruth Kelly quits cabinet post – like at […]

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