Yes, but they weren't told to make them chargeable and Manchester certainly doesn't need one that is 495 sq miles in size.Clean Air Zones is a Tory Policy that should have been implemented across 5 major conurbations by 2020 .
Burnham , Khan etc are simply doing what they have been told...... shame the Conservatives had to weaponise their own legislation.
Clean air zone framework
www.gov.uk
Yes loads of trees chopped down to make way for the signs. Cameras put up and now removed, signage changed. How much did all that cost ? And how much will it cost to put it all back when he decides to forge ahead with it.
No sure why you have to have experience in running a small business with vehicles to understand the implications. It’s not difficult to work out.
OK, so you don't have any experience, but you still understand all the implications, which arnt difficult.
It really isn’t rocket science.
Yes you're right of course, it's just part and parcel of running a small buiness which isn't difficult at all. Especially in a recession.
I would have thought that there are many complexities in running most small businesses that make dealing with a clean air zone fairly trivial. As an example getting supplies from abroad since Brexit at a reasonable cost and with tolerable timescales would seem to be a much bigger problem than budgeting a tenner a day for the van until it’s time to replace it using the grants and scrappage schemes available. I would rather have a government that put some focus on easing trading arrangements with our neighbours than one that pisses about using a public health initiative as ammunition in a culture war.
Not just this, it's the ultimate "get out of jail free" card for Westminster where they can pass the buck onto the regional administration
Of course it’s a load of meaningless guff to you, you’ve been brainwashed into believing that they don’t have a plan, which was clearly bollox.
There’s a clear risk of contradiction in allowing devolved regions, each with their own self-interest and agenda, to formulate a national strategy.
Ah but this is the classic way of make sure no shit hits your fan. I remember Michael Howard when he was home secretary blaming the guy in charge of HM prisons and not accepting responsibility for overcrowding 'n rioting. I seem to recall a move to shift the interface the public had with HMG to 'agencies'. I remember getting a passport from the Passport Agency - they're back now as the Passport Office. I think we are gonna be in for as many spiffing wheezes from Sir Starmer as we had from Boris, Liz 'n Rishi! The latest to appear is the suggestion that the overcrowding in prisons is gonna be solved by letting some jailbirds out!
Have you an alternative solution to solve the immediate prison overcrowding issue?
There isn't an immediate solution. In fact, there's never been an 'immediate' solution to a social problem.
The only option atm is between either less severe prisoners out early or stop sentencing. Letting them out early is really the only thing to do now.
A second rate politician would be a huge step up from the fifth rate politicians that were in government for the last 14 years.
I think you are best sticking to topics you can bullshit your way through in future. This isn't one of them.
Thanks but I’ll leave the bullshit to you. You seem to be a specialist in it.
