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Tag Archives: Road Toll

Stop the Charge of the C-Charging brigade in Manchester say a new cross party group - as cost caps change to diffuse opposition

A new ‘Stop the Charge’ battalion of cross-party MPs, Councillors and businesses has joined the escalating fight in Manchester over plans to introduce an 80 sq ml Congestion Charge zone which, if it goes ahead, would be the biggest urban Road Pricing scheme in the world. The new coalition was announced today after last-minute changes […]

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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