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Low emission zones

July 2024

  • A Ulez sign next to a road

    Ulez expansion led to significant drop in air pollutants in London, report finds

    Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

June 2024

  • Sign warning of potholes in country road

    From potholes to HS2, transport gets voters going – but some solutions are unsayable

    As Labour and Tories promise rail reform and court motorists, many experts think road pricing is inevitable
  • A car drives past a Ulez camera on a post that is damaged and lying on the grass with a Smoky Boys Bar and Grill across the street

    The anti-Ulez vote helped Tories win in Uxbridge but has pro-car agenda run out of road?

    A year after Boris Johnson’s old seat united against Labour in anger over Sadiq Khan’s emissions policy, voters are split
  • An ultra low emission zone sign on a busy road in London.

    Tories pledge to reverse Ulez expansion and limit 20mph roads in Wales

    Party would immediately introduce a drivers bill if it wins the election, in a significant back-pedal on devolution

May 2024

  • Vehicles donated to Ukraine through London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme

    ‘Dunkirk spirit’: convoy of Ulez scrappage scheme vehicles arrives in Ukraine from London

  • An old car being lowered into a car crusher by a crane, seen from below

    Ulez scrappage scheme snarl-ups leave motorists facing crunch

  • A sign in central London for the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez).

    M25 weekend closure: drivers told to stick to diversion to avoid London Ulez charges

  • Skyline of Brussels obscured by smog

    Pollutionwatch
    Belgian insurer urges politicians to strengthen low emission zones

  • ‘Narrow and negative’: how Susan Hall’s London mayor bid could be a harbinger for Tories’ future

  • Tory hopeful for London mayor joins anti-Ulez Facebook group rife with Islamophobia

April 2024

  • graphic image showing a school sign, ballot cards and a pencil, an ambulance, a police car, a cyclist, a pothole and a wheelie bin

    From potholes to planning: key issues in England’s 2 May local elections

    While some voters may want to send a message to Westminster, more local concerns will have an influence
  • Social media and public signage disparaging Sadiq Khan and the Ulez expansion.

    Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse

    Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan, white supremacist slogans and antisemitic conspiracy theories

    • Sadiq Khan’s green credentials may be critical in London mayoral election

    • Tory candidate for London mayor has Trumpian attitude to climate, says Khan

    • Brussels ‘must copy London’s low emissions zones’ and save 900 lives a year, experts plead

March 2024

  • Zoe Williams

    Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around

    Zoe Williams
  • An ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) sign in London.

    Sadiq Khan rules out bolstering London Ulez scheme if he wins mayoral election

  • A woman standing in front of a car hands the keys to a man.

    Vehicles can now be donated to Ukraine instead of being scrapped under Ulez

  • A street in Paris.

    Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over 20 years, say researchers

February 2024

  • Danger warning as a Ulez camera may record the wrong car.

    Consumer champions
    TfL’s Ulez auto pay has turned out to be an auto fine

    After signing up to the scheme £700 had been taken from my account
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