KitSandeman commented Council scoops green award for controversial workplace parking...

Nottingham City Council has won a top environmental award for its controversial Workplace Parking Levy, despite the city's air quality still being class as below the legal level.The council has jointly won the Ashden Award for Clean Air in Towns and Cities, in recognition of the levy, which charges companies that have car parks and subsidises public transport, raising tens of millions of pounds since its introduction. But news of the award comes just after a damning report from Friends of...