In a video posted to Twitter earlier today, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson slammed the plan to extend the Ultra Low Emission Zone, set to take place in August 2023. He warned that it will hit hardworking families and businesses in outer London with an “unfair tax grab”, taking aim at Sadiq Khan.
In the video, the former London Mayor said: “I know quite a lot about improving air quality in London. I brought in a lot more cycling.
“I brought in new hybrid buses. I brought in green electric taxis and we got Nitrous Oxide down by 20 percent.
“We got PM10s, PM2.5s down by 15 percent and that was even before we brought in the ULEZ for inner London.
“You do not need an all-London emission zone, it’s inner London that has the air quality problem.”
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Sadiq Khan has fired back at opponents of the ULEZ zone, saying he wanted to be “on the right side of history”.
The Mayor added: “We have introduced the biggest scrappage scheme in the history of this country that will support low income families, charities, sole traders and businesses transition from a polluting vehicle to one that is less polluting.”
“I recognise that in outer London, public transport is less good than in central London, so I have also announced the biggest expansion of buses in the history of our city,” he told the BBC.
He added that the Government had not given Transport for London any money to launch the zone, whereas Bath, Bristol and Birmingham had received funding for Clean Air Zones.
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