Now the London mayor Sadiq Khan has accused the Govt of “weaponising” air pollutants – days ahead of his plan to extend the town’s Extremely Low Emission Zone comes into impact.
From Tuesday, the ULEZ will come with all 32 London boroughs, making it the most important anti pollutants charging zone on this planet. Drivers of vehicles which don’t meet minimal emission requirements should pay £12.50 an afternoon – and that’s proving extremely arguable, particularly in London’s outer spaces, as Kiran Moodley experiences.