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		<title>Rant: Always the Stick &#8211; Never the Carrot!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, a little incentive goes further than a lot of punishment
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<p>Late last week, the new Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander announced a &pound;10m fund for the development of nationwide <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4756763.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">road charging schemes</a>.</p>
<p>A day later, London&#8217;s Mayor Ken Livingston indicated during a public debate that the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4760185.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">London congestion charge</a> could rise to &pound;10 per day.</p>
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