WORKERS on the minimum wage will get a 20 per cent discount on rush-hour bus, train, and tram fares if Greater Manchester votes yes to congestion charging in December.

And in a huge concession to the transport industry, lorries will be charged nothing for the first year while the effects of the scheme are studied by town hall officials together with the Road Haulage Association.

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