The battle over plans to introduce Britain's biggest congestion charge zone in Manchester have begun in earnest as opponents have hit out at the proposed referendum as unbalanced and incomprehensible. Of particular concern is that the congestion charge is not even mentioned on the proposed ballot paper. The referendum question reads: "Do you agree with the Transport Innovation Fund proposals?...

Greater Manchester is currently holding a referendum on the proposed congestion charge. That TaxPayers’ Alliance has been actively campaigning against the new charge for some time. Now, Stockport council (one of the councils in the Greater Manchester area) is running...

This Thursday will see the end of polling for the referendum currently taking place in Manchester; a referendum which could get Mancunians all this: For motorists, the c-charge is probably worth paying, if only for the petrol money (and indeed the time) you save not waiting in traffic jams all day! Less pointless car journeys, and an alternative to those cumbersome busses... the list goes on. If y...

Mancunians are to find out whether a congestion charge will be introduced as the results of a referendum on the issue are issued.

Organisers of a referendum in Manchester fear that a low turnout could lead to disputes over plans to introduce a congestion charge in return for public transport improvements

You can still drive round Manchester this Christmas and find posters of my six-year-old grandson staring out at you. Charlie is wearing a breathing mask. His blue eyes are somewhere between poignant and reproachful. "Is a congestion charge too much to pay for clean air?" asks the question below. Answer: yes. One in five Greater Manchester children have asthma. But nearly four of every five Greater...

A postal referendum is currently taking place on proposals for a Manchester congestion charge, with the ballot closing on 11 December. The campaign has reached YouTube as this clip shows (and it’s a typical sign of the times that people’s reaction to the events in the clip is to whip out their mobile phones to

The votes are in and later today, after months of political in-fighting, mud-slinging, claim and counter-claim, the result of a referendum on Britain's biggest Congestion Charge zone will be revealed.

  Manchester Greens have expressed their disappointment with the outcome of today's referendum to introduce a congestion charge as part of a package of measures to improve the region's transport infrastructure. A majority of voters in all of the region's 10 boroughs voted against the plans, with 812,815 (79%) no votes and 218,860 (21%) in favour of the charge. Nearly 2m people ...

The government's plans for road pricing across the UK were in disarray yesterday after Manchester resoundingly rejected plans to introduce a congestion charge. In a referendum, the proposal was defeated by a majority of 4 to 1, meaning there is now little chance of a pay-as-you-drive scheme being introduced for at least a decade. Sir Neil McIntosh, the returning officer, said 1.03m votes were...