Manchester council loses legal fight to build car park next to school

Campaign group Trees Not Cars says victory exposes ‘hypocrisy’ of council’s approach to air pollutionA group of women from Manchester have won a legal battle with the city’s council, which wanted to build a 440-space car park next to the city centre’s only primary school.Campaigners said the victory exposed the “hypocrisy” in the local authority’s approach to addressing air pollution and global heating. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/20/manchester-council-loses-legal-fight-to-build-car-park-next-to-school #manchester #local_government #greater_manchester #pollution #politics #uk_news #society #environment