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STOP ULEZ

Sadiq Khan’s new tax on London, the ULEZ, will expand to the A406/A205 boundary in October 2021.

HELP US STOP THIS NEW TAX

IF YOU HAVE TO PAY, THAT MEANS:

A £12.50 daily charge – 24/7/365
Hits motorcycles, cars, light vans and minibuses
No Resident or Disabled Driver Exemptions

FIND OUT MORE:

Why does Sadiq Khan want to expand ULEZ?

Where do the candidates stand?

What are the alternatives?

Sadiq Khan’s new tax on London, the ULEZ, will expand to the A406/A205 boundary in October 2021

STOP ULEZ

HELP US STOP THIS NEW TAX

IF YOU HAVE TO PAY, THAT MEANS:

A £12.50 daily charge – 24/7/365
Hits motorcycles, cars, light vans and minibuses
No Resident or Disabled Driver Exemptions

FIND OUT MORE:

Why does Sadiq Khan want to expand ULEZ?

Where do the candidates stand?

What is ULEZ?

The Ultra-Low Emission Zone is a scheme created by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan. It currently operates in the central London Congestion Charge area for all vehicles and is proposed to extend to the whole of London for commercial vehicles in 2020.

In October 2021 the central London zone is planned to expand, with the boundary becoming the A406/A205, North and South Circular Roads. Charges start at £12.50 per day for non-exempt motorcycles, cars, vans and minibuses. Larger vehicles pay more.

WHO PAYS?

Everybody driving a non-exempt vehicle inside the zone, 24-7-365

A pensioner, driving their sick partner to hospital – £12.50
A carer on the minimum wage working 6 days a week – £75.00 a week
A nurse or hospital orderly doing a night shift , where public transport is not an option – £12.50 to go to work. £12.50 to come home

Why does Sadiq Khan want to expand the ULEZ?

Sadiq Khan is basing his argument on the need to reduce emissions. But more emissions come from industry and from domestic and commercial gas usage than from motorcycles, cars, light vans and minibuses.

Also, emissions are already falling, and air quality has been improving since 2008/09 (see this report for TfL). By 2030, Khan’s scheme will be making no difference at all.

Nobody wants to condemn people to living with unsafe levels of pollution, but the evidence shows that this is not the case outside central London, other than along major routes at hotspot junctions.

The major source of pollution along those routes are buses and heavier commercial vehicles. We don’t oppose the changes planned for those vehicles. We just don’t think motorcyclists, older and lower paid drivers and those who need their vehicles for work, should have to pay £12.50, every time they need to drive.

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Where do the mayoral candidates stand?

Whether the expansion of the ULEZ goes ahead in October 2021 is in the hands of the Mayor of London. The current Mayor and architect of the proposed expansion is Sadiq Khan (Labour). He is up for re-election in May 2021. What do those standing against him have to say about the proposed expansion?

Khan implemented the Central London ULEZ (as the T-Charge) in 2018. He is the architect of the wider ULEZ, which he wanted to bring in in 2020. In response to the consultation on ULEZ, many Labour Councils supported calls for the restrictions to extend to the whole of London.

Sadiq KhanLabour

Former Conservative MP from Cumbria and something of a wild card in the Mayoral race. His views on the ULEZ are unknown and no articles on his website refer to the ULEZ or air quality.

Rory StewartIndependent

The Conservatives held the Mayoralty between 2008 and 2016 and Shaun Bailey is the main challenger to Labour’s candidate, current Mayor, Sadiq Khan. Together with the Conservative London Assembly Members, he opposes the planned expansion in 2021.

Shaun BaileyConservative

Supports the expansion planned for 2021, but thinks it should go further, covering all of London. The Green Party has also called for the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans to be banned by 2030.

Sian BerryGreen Party

Supports the planned expansion and actually called for it to come earlier. Lib-Dems want sales of all new petrol and diesel vehicles banned by 2030.

Siobhan BenitaLib Dems

What Are the Alternatives?

People and businesses change their vehicles all the time. As a consequence, emissions are already falling and air quality improving as earlier tightening of vehicle standards take effect. Businesses change their fleets and staff cars more regularly, and most will already have complaint vehicles in the in fleets.

So, the 2021 expansion won’t make much difference to the rep doing 12,000 miles a year. It will hit the retired couple who bought – on Government advice – a good diesel car that they expected to keep.

Even without the 2021 expansion, emissions will continue to fall rapidly and by 2030, they will be just where they would have been expected to be anyway.

Smooth the traffic

Over 80% of particulate pollution comes from tyre and brake wear and the “re-suspension” of that matter as people drive around. Schemes which make traffic flow more smoothly, with less stopping and starting can help cut this type of pollution. As can fixing potholes and damaged road surfaces.

Clean the Air

Several European cities are using technology to remove pollution from the air. “City Trees” use moss to trap particulate and Nitrous Oxide pollution and can be 250-300 times as effective as a natural tree. Eco-billboards use solar powered fans to draw air across specialised gel to achieve the same effect. Sponsored by business, these measures could cost Londoners nothing, whilst cleaning up our worst affected locations.

Freight consolidation

Already in use in many European cities, this takes larger vehicles off through routes in cities by setting up transfer hubs on the outskirts, close to motorway junctions. Smaller, zero-emission vehicles are then used to make deliveries into the city centre.

Be clever with buses

Buses are a major contributor to pollution. It is already planned to use only zero-emission electric or hydrogen buses in central London, but redeploying hybrid buses to the suburbs will also help. Re-scheduling services so buses stop at alternate “A” and “B” stops would also speed up services as reduce the amount of stopping and starting.

Green the city

Sadiq Khan pledged to plant millions of trees when he stood for election in 2016, but he has fallen well short. Planting natural trees and creating green borders along major routes can be incredibly effective in reducing the impact of pollution.

How can this be paid for?

Many of our suggested alternatives cost nothing. Buses are being replaced anyway, altering services costs next to nothing. Businesses will sponsor green initiatives and developers contribute to tree planting all the time.

It is also costing almost £200m to create the network of cameras needed to police the expansion to the A406/A205 ring. That is a ready-made fund to support these initiatives.

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