Khan extends ULEZ scheme after pressure from Labour MPs
London’s Mayor has announced that tens of thousands more Londoners, including all those receiving child benefit and all small businesses in the capital, will be eligible for financial support to replace polluting vehicles from the end of July. Sadiq Khan says this is part of a major extension of London’s biggest ever scrappage scheme ahead […]
Councils granted more grounds to challenge ULEZ expansion
The High Court has announced the inclusion of further grounds for a challenge in the Judicial Review filed by a coalition of councils against the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Harrow Online reports that the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon, and Harrow, along with Surrey County Council, successfully appealed to have […]
Anti-ULEZ campaigners warn about future of iconic London to Brighton Mini Run
Drivers taking part in the long-running London to Brighton Mini Run have been warned that the event is in danger because of the expansion of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of the city, with protestors demonstrating at the event’s starting location in Cheam. More than 2,000 of the classic vehicles, […]
Man charged with damaging London’s ULEZ cameras
A 42 year old man has been charged with criminal damage and destruction of, or damage to, property in connection to attacks on ULEZ cameras in London. The Met Police says there have been 96 allegations of criminal damage which were passed to it by Transport for London. The attacks have been part of a […]
Mayor of London can install ULEZ cameras in Essex boroughs without their permission, government says
The Mayor of London has the power to install cameras for a planned expansion of ULEZ without permission from councils in Essex, the government has said. As the debate rages on over the planned expansion of the ultra low emission zone, a row as broken out between Transport for London and councils in Essex where […]
Sutton Council launches petition on ULEZ expansion
The Leader of Sutton Council, Councillor Ruth Dombey, has announced the council has launched a petition at a special meeting of all councillors on Monday 24 April to discuss the impact of ULEZ on the borough’s residents, businesses, suppliers and visitors. The council has been calling on the Mayor of London to halt his plans […]
ULEZ cameras being stolen across London
A number of Ultra Low Emissions Zone enforcement cameras have been stolen in London after protests against the expansion of the scheme. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports Transport for London had already seen dozens of numberplate-reading cameras vandalised or covered up by people opposed to Mayor Sadiq Khan’s widening of the clean air zone to […]
Johnson says ULEZ expansion about money not air quality
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed plans to expand London’s Ultra-Low Emissions Zone has nothing to do with air pollution, but instead designed to fill a black hole in Transport for London’s finanances. The expansion of ULEZ will mean a daily charge of £12.50 on non-compliant cars driving in all London boroughs, affecting around one […]
Councils’ ULEZ expansion challenge goes to High Court
Five councils opposed to the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of London have won the right to challenge the validity of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision. Boroughs Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon and Harrow, in addition to Surrey County Council, applied for a judicial review earlier this year, and judges have now […]
TfL uses “loophole” to install ULEZ cameras in Harrow
There’s been another twist in the feud between Harrow Council and Transport for London over the installation of cameras to enforce the widening of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of London. After Harrow Council was one of a number who refused to allow ULEZ cameras to be placed on its road […]