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LTT854 3 October 2022
Gilligan slams ‘timid Labour councils’ on transport
Andrew Gilligan, now departed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s special advisor on transport, shared his thoughts on local transport leaders and their support for traffic control measures at a Labour conference fringe event, accusing Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham of “cowardice and feebleness” for not pushing on with a clean-air zone for Central Manchester, according to a report in Forbes magazine.
“Central Manchester has got the highest levels of asthma, the highest levels of lung disease in the country and despite winning every single one of the 215 Wards in Greater Manchester at the election last year - he got 67% to 19% in the mayoral election - [Burnham] still doesn’t feel he has the political strength to charge a few vans and taxis a few quid for driving to Central Manchester,” Gilligan is quoted as saying when speaking to a Policy Exchange event remotely.
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