It begins:
The Green Group amendment seeks to reverse the Mayor's increase in bus fares. The £75m that the Mayor aims to raise from the 12.7% bus fare increase would instead be raised mostly from motorists, with the reinstatement of the £25 emissions charge on gas guzzlers and retention of the western extension of the congestion charge.
You know, me and the gas guzzler charge have never really got along. Wouldn't its deterrent effect be so great - indeed, so effective in congestion-fighting terms - that the income from it would be small? I'm sure someone's done the sums. I'd like to see them.
Otherwise, I think the Greens' critique very sound. It's not going to happen or anything, but have a good look anyway.
