Congestion charges could be introduced in every town and city in the UK

Councils should be introducing congestion charges in every town and city in the UK, the European Commission recommends.

A strategy for cutting emissions report recommends the move in urban centres, saying it will send a clear message to polluters.

It also suggests charging for recycling collections, claiming this will encourage sustainable living.

The Mail reports that the European Commission’s Committee of the Regions reckons the charges will ‘generate revenues and serve wider public policy objectives’.


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The EU has a target for reducing greenhouse emissions by 20 per cent compared to 1990 levels, and believes the two charges could help.



But it’s not gone down too well – Tory MP Andrew Bridgen told the Sunday Express it is an example of the EU ‘trying to by-pass our so-called sovereign Parliament’.