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10:27 am, October 29, 2008
TIF supporters want apology from MP over ballot paper

By Simon Binns

Campaigners for a Yes vote in the forthcoming TIF referendum have asked Manchester North MP Graham Stringer to apologise to Sir Neil McIntosh, the independent returning officer for the public vote, after it emerged the ballot paper will include references to both the congestion charge and the £2.7bn transport investment.

The ballot paper makes two references to the congestion charge, before going on to ask people whether they support or oppose the congestion charging and transport investment proposals.

Stringer had asked Prime Minister Gordon Brown to scrap the TIF package in Parliament last week based on his claim the ballot paper did not make reference to the congestion charge.

A spokesman for The Greater Manchester Yes Campaign said: “Graham Stringer and other supporters of the ‘No’ campaign have deliberately attempted to mislead the public and undermine the credibility of the independent returning officer. Their claim that there would be no reference to the congestion charge has been shown to be completely and utterly false.”

“He and his colleagues should issue an unreserved apology to Sir Neil McIntosh without delay.”

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