Labour pressures Sadiq Khan to delay Ulez expansion after Tory legal challenge fails
1 year, 7 months ago

Labour pressures Sadiq Khan to delay Ulez expansion after Tory legal challenge fails

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The current boundary of London’s Ultra-Low Emissions Zone which will be expanded beyond the North and South Circular roads from 29 August Labour’s failure to win was blamed on concerns around the expansion of Ulez as Sir Keir urged the mayor to “reflect” on the result. open image in gallery Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed the decision Speaking to Times Radio on Friday after the court ruling, Mr Streeting said it was a “hard truth” that the policy had cost Labour the Uxbridge by-election. scheme, was within his powers.” Responding to the ruling, the Conservative’s London mayor candidate Susan Hall said: “While it is a shame the High Court did not find the Ulez expansion to be unlawful, there is no denying that Sadiq Khan’s plans will have a devastating impact on families and businesses across the city. “If I am elected Mayor, I will stop the Ulez expansion on day one and set up a £50 million pollution hotspots fund to tackle the issue where it is, instead of taxing people where it isn’t.” open image in gallery Demonstrators protest against the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone The AA urged Mr Khan to give people “more time to react” to the change or “reduce the impact on them”, while the RAC called on the mayor to give “additional support” to key workers.

History of this topic

Drivers owe almost half a BILLION pounds in unpaid ULEZ fines and one has 1,077 charges totalling £2.4m
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion ‘failed to lower pollution levels’
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why I was right to introduce the Ulez charge
6 months, 3 weeks ago
ULEZ and other UK low emission zones cost drivers £1BILLION in charges and penalties
6 months, 3 weeks ago
ULEZ scrappage scheme offering £2,000 to replace older cars will end within weeks
7 months ago
Outer London car-related air pollutant 13% lower due to Ulez, City Hall says
7 months, 3 weeks ago
M25 closure: Drivers warned over Ulez charges if they ignore diversions
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The ULEZ effect: Diesel fuel sales fall twice as fast in London
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The congestion capital: How London's roads are more clogged up now than before ULEZ was rolled out - as it emerges Sadiq Khan spent £3million planning a 'smart' pay-per-mile road charging system
11 months, 1 week ago
Keir Starmer praises Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ expansion as London Mayor goads critics that the 'sky didn't fall' in at re-election campaign launch
1 year ago
Less than one in 50 cars for sale in London is ULEZ-compliant and affordable to those on a budget, new data shows
1 year ago
Transport for London ads for Ulez made misleading claims, watchdog rules
1 year, 1 month ago
Sadiq Khan's Ulez scrappage scheme has not paid out to almost six out of 10 applicants with nearly 70,000 claims yet to be approved, figures show
1 year, 1 month ago
London’s first clean air zone has improved air quality, research shows
1 year, 4 months ago
Sadiq Khan says Ulez expansion has led to ‘cleaner air across London’
1 year, 4 months ago
Ulez expansion will add 13 minutes to life expectancy of average Londoner: study
1 year, 6 months ago
‘Labour cannot be allowed to bankrupt Britain’, claims Sunak
1 year, 6 months ago
Drivers in Ulez-compliant cars may wrongly be charged because of glitch
1 year, 6 months ago
Forget Ulez, Britain is running away from its environmental realities – and obligations
1 year, 6 months ago
Sadiq Khan won’t say if Ulez could cost Labour general election
1 year, 6 months ago
Ulez expansion is a ‘money-raising exercise’, says Transport Secretary
1 year, 6 months ago
Ulez: How to know if your car is compliant – and everything else you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago
London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
1 year, 6 months ago
£12.50 daily charge introduced as Ulez expands to include whole of London
1 year, 6 months ago
Ulez expansion: Sadiq Khan accuses Government of ‘weaponising air pollution’
1 year, 6 months ago
What is London’s ultra-low emission zone and how does it affect drivers?
1 year, 6 months ago
More than 380 ULEZ camera attacks in London amid backlash against low emission scheme
1 year, 7 months ago
Cities must look to non-Ulez options to tackle air pollution, Starmer says
1 year, 7 months ago
What is London’s ultra low emission zone and its wider political impact?
1 year, 7 months ago
What is the ULEZ vehicle scrappage scheme and who is entitled to the grant?
1 year, 7 months ago
Ulez zone map: Where is it expanding to in London?
1 year, 7 months ago
Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to breathe bad air?
1 year, 7 months ago
Sadiq Khan hails ‘landmark decision’ as councils lose High Court Ulez challenge
1 year, 7 months ago
What happens next with London’s ultra low emission zone?
1 year, 7 months ago
Councils lose High Court challenge against expansion of Ulez in London
1 year, 7 months ago
What is the ultra-low emission zone?
1 year, 7 months ago
Sadiq Khan seeks to ease Ulez pain after Labour’s Uxbridge by-election defeat
1 year, 8 months ago
Starmer holds talks with London mayor as he blames Ulez for Uxbridge defeat
1 year, 8 months ago
Will the Ulez be a factor in next year’s general election?
1 year, 8 months ago
Starmer blames Sadiq Khan’s Ulez for Uxbridge flop: ‘He needs to reflect’
1 year, 8 months ago
ULEZ map: Where is the Ultra Low Emission Zone expanding to?
1 year, 8 months ago
What is Ulez and and why is it being extended?
1 year, 8 months ago
ULEZ: What is it and is your car compliant?
1 year, 8 months ago
Ulez factor likely helped Tories win by-election, says political researcher
1 year, 8 months ago
Labour candidate speaks out against Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion
1 year, 8 months ago
London Mayor lacks power to order Ulez expansion, councils tell High Court
1 year, 8 months ago
Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand London’s Ulez explained ahead of High Court hearing
1 year, 8 months ago
Protesters claim London air is ‘not toxic at all’ in fight against Ulez plans
1 year, 9 months ago
Protesters say they will refuse to stump up £12 a day when Sadiq Khan's Ulez expands
1 year, 9 months ago

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