Independent: Sir Richard Leese was stuck in a traffic jam. Which was fortunate really, since I’d been told he’d only have a short window in which to speak. Thanks to the congestion on the road to Wigan, however, we had plenty of time to talk about one of the most ambitious urban road-pricing schemes in the world — which he is currently fighting to introduce. Sir Richard is the leader of Manchester City Council which, along with the other nine local councils that make up Greater Manchester, is …