🟥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐙 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮

A Labour council have been accused of hypocrisy after backing Sadiq Khan's controversial expansion of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) - then asking for an exemption for its own 400 vehicles.

Hounslow council deputy leader Katherine Dunne wrote to the London mayor last summer raising concerns that it would not be able to make all its vehicles ULEZ compliant by the August 2023 deadline.

The council is one of 16 outer London boroughs that have fully supported the mayor's plans to expand the zone, and already has 37 ULEZ cameras installed on its streets.

But failing to meet the compliance rules - which include facing a daily charge of £12.50 if driving within the specified area without meeting the emissions standards - would place further pressure on the authority's budgets, Miss Dunne argued. (Join the club)

She said in the letter, obtained by The Daily Telegraph: 'We have already invested in their replacement, yet supply chain challenges mean the earliest likely date for vehicle delivery is 2023-24.

If there are any further delays in the market and supply, there will be insufficient time to make the fleet compliant before the proposed August 2023 rollout.'

Miss Dunne added: 'If no dispensation is provided, we will be subject to ULEZ penalties, putting further pressure on councils budgets.'

Oh dear How sad, never mind. 

𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐓:

Hounslow council pleading poverty, but for Londoners caught up in a cost of living crisis, they still want you to pay Khan's cash-cow of £12:50 a day, yet they want a special exemption for their own 400 un-compliant vehicles…..this is a total disgrace. 

What a complete bunch of hypocrites this council is.