Will the Ulez be a factor in next year’s general election?
The IndependentThe Conservatives have defied expectations and just managed to hold the Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat, formerly held by Boris Johnson, in a fiercely contested by-election. Tuckwell said after he was elected: “This wasn’t the campaign Labour expected, and Keir Starmer and his mayor Sadiq Khan need to sit up and listen to the Uxbridge and South Ruislip residents.” Yet it should have been the campaign Labour expected, in the sense that Tuckwell declared, when he was selected as the Tory candidate on 16 June: “If Labour win in Uxbridge it will send Sadiq Khan a clear message that he can expand his Ulez and close our police station. Khan’s view is that clean air is “a human right, not a privilege”, and that “Londoners are struggling through this cost of living crisis, but Londoners are also suffering the consequences of air pollution.” Khan also blames central government for the hardships endured during the cost of living crisis, and points out that it has failed to offer any financial support for a scrappage scheme to get older vehicles off the road. Should, say, Jeremy Corbyn intervene as an independent Labour candidate in next year’s London mayoral election on 3 May, and draw significant support from Khan, and should the Ulez prove to be electoral poison, then Hall could conceivably beat Khan in the newly adopted system of first-past-the-post. There’s a band of “blue doughnut” Con-Lab marginals in outer London and adjacent areas that could help Labour get to an overall majority on a fairly low swing.
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Why I was right to introduce the Ulez charge
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Outer London car-related air pollutant 13% lower due to Ulez, City Hall says
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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
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Sadiq Khan says Ulez expansion has led to ‘cleaner air across London’
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Ulez expansion will add 13 minutes to life expectancy of average Londoner: study
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Forget Ulez, Britain is running away from its environmental realities – and obligations
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Sadiq Khan won’t say if Ulez could cost Labour general election
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The real Ulez shocker: it’s nowhere near as bad as it’s being painted
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Ulez expansion is a ‘money-raising exercise’, says Transport Secretary
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Ulez: How to know if your car is compliant – and everything else you need to know
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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
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£12.50 daily charge introduced as Ulez expands to include whole of London
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What is London’s ultra-low emission zone and how does it affect drivers?
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What is London’s ultra low emission zone and its wider political impact?
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Ulez zone map: Where is it expanding to in London?
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Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to breathe bad air?
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Labour pressures Sadiq Khan to delay Ulez expansion after Tory legal challenge fails
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Sadiq Khan hails ‘landmark decision’ as councils lose High Court Ulez challenge
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What happens next with London’s ultra low emission zone?
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Councils lose High Court challenge against expansion of Ulez in London
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UK political parties are getting the jitters over green policies after a special election verdict
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ULEZ map: Where is the Ultra Low Emission Zone expanding to?
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What is Ulez and and why is it being extended?
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Ulez factor likely helped Tories win by-election, says political researcher
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Labour candidate speaks out against Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion
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London Mayor lacks power to order Ulez expansion, councils tell High Court
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Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand London’s Ulez explained ahead of High Court hearing
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'It's unaffordable': Sadiq Khan's ULEZ plan is slammed on BBC Question Time
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How supercar owners dodge the Ulez charge despite massive CO2 emissions
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Bid to overturn Khan’s Ulez ‘paywall around London’ introduced in Parliament
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Ulez expansion would have ‘chilling effect’ on outer London, warns Tory mayoral hopeful
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Drivers urged to check if they face £12.50 pollution fee as ULEZ expands
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The little known loophole that lets you beat the ULEZ charge
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Van drivers will be hit by Sadiq Khan's Ulez expansion
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London borough defies Sadiq Khan by refusing to install Ulez cameras
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Police could be forced to pay £25 a day under Ulez expansion plans, Sadiq Khan warned
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Ulez 'could kill off London's private care home services'
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Sadiq Khan's ULEZ expansion: Outrage as thousands of drivers will have to pay £12.50-a-day
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Sadiq Khan to sting thousands more drivers with emissions charges in ULEZ expansion
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Sadiq Khan unveils plan to expand Ultra Low Emission Zone to whole of London
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ULEZ extension: Three in five London drivers are unaware of changes
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ULEZ charge: How will London’s new ultra-low emission zone affect you?
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What is the ULEZ and how will the Ultra Low Emission Zone affect me?
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