Lanarkshire politicians have hit out at proposals from neighbouring Glasgow city council to explore congestion charging for non-residents driving into the city. ‌

Rutherglen MP Michael Shanks says his constituents would be “hardest hit” and called the idea “unfair”, while Central Scotland colleague Monica Lennon criticised the “wrongheaded proposals” and called the plans an “ill-considered levy on the people of Lanarkshire”. ‌

A report for the neighbouring local authority’s transport committee this week ended unpopular plans to introduce a fee for workplace parking spaces – but councillors instead noted plans to investigate the introduction of a city-boundary congestion charge plus a toll for use of the Clyde Tunnel. ‌

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