M6 Toll road 'isn't working'

Private toll roads are not a cost-effective answer to traffic problems, the government has been told.

A report by the Campaign for Better Transport said the UK's only private motorway toll, the M6 Toll, had not significantly cut congestion.

Its owners, Midland Expressway, lose tens of millions of pounds a year on the road, campaigners said.

The Campaign for Better Transport argued that journey times on the M6 were only slightly better than before the toll opened nearly seven years ago, and drivers were put off using the road by the charge of £5 per car.