Andy Burham has slammed 'frankly disgraceful' claims made about his wife in a lengthy and detailed 'personal' statement issued regarding Clean Air Zone plans.
30.01.2022 - 11:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In Greater Manchester, plans to introduce a Clean Air Zone where the most polluting vehicles will be charged up to £60 a day have sparked a massive backlash.
But the controversial zones are being introduced in England's other biggest cities too - or at least some of them.
And while local authorities across London, Birmingham and the North of England are being forced to take action to bring down air pollution levels, they are taking very different approaches.
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In Bradford its Clean Air Zone was delayed, in part because of a national shortage of non-polluting vans and lorries, while Sheffield's is limited to a smaller area of just the city centre.
York decided against cameras and charges to clean up its air and instead simply banned diesel buses from the city centre, and Leeds won't be introducing a charging zone at all as air quality has already improved.
In Birmingham, where private cars are included, car journeys in the city centre have fallen but in some areas businesses have suffered.
And in London, where there are three different systems of road charging, Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to go further still and charge motorists by the mile.
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The Clean Air Zone has been years in the pipeline and has its roots in a series of successful court challenges by the environmental group Client Earth.
After repeatedly losing to the campaigners in the High Court, ministers passed legal responsibility for slashing air pollution levels – specifically nitrogen dioxide – to local authorities.
But how do the different zones across the country
Andy Burham has slammed 'frankly disgraceful' claims made about his wife in a lengthy and detailed 'personal' statement issued regarding Clean Air Zone plans.
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The killings of 16-year-old Kennie Carter, 17-year-old Alan Szelugowski, and 20-year-old Dylan Keelan, over the last three consecutive weekends has shocked the Greater Manchester community.
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Boris Johnson says he wants to see plans for Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone put on hold to avoid 'stuffing up businesses'.
Nearly 150 taxis across Manchester and Salford staged a two-pronged protest against the introduction of Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges today (Febuary 3).
Household energy bills are set to rocket this year with the energy price cap set to rise by 54% in April.
The mayor of Greater Manchester has vowed that Clean Air Zone charging will come to an end as soon as air quality reaches the required level.
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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called for 'major changes' to the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and we want to know your thoughts.
Andy Burnham says 'major changes' are needed to fix the hugely controversial Clean Air Zone.