🟥 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐟𝐋 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐙.

In the high court this morning, the verdict has been handed down, that Sadiq Khan’s dystopian ULEZ charge extension, is legal and can go ahead, and that it’s within his powers as Mayor to do this. 

What next for Khan?

With the cameras in place, will he next turn London into a panopticon, with TfL at the centre…where all vehicles can be observed and charged per mile ?

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎 𝐎𝐍. 

A sad day for democracy 

A sad day for Londoners.

It’s far from over…..Susan Hall insisted, if she is voted in as Mayor next year, she will scrap the extension from day one.

𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐓: Full Report. 

A group of five Conservative-led councils have lost their High Court challenge against Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s plans to expand the capital’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez).

The outer London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon along with Surrey County Council launched legal action in February over the Labour mayor’s proposals to extend Ulez beyond the North and South Circular roads.

At a hearing earlier this month, the local authorities’ lawyers said the mayor lacked the legal power to order the expansion of the zone by varying existing regulations and argued that there was an “unfair and unlawful” approach to collecting views on the plans.

The mayor’s legal team rejected the bid to quash his November 2022 decision to extend Ulez to all of London’s boroughs, arguing the move was “entirely lawful” and that “ample information” was provided for a “fair consultation”.

In a ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Swift dismissed the councils’ case.

If it goes ahead, the extended Ulez will see drivers in outer London pay a £12.50 daily fee from August 29 if their vehicles do not meet the required emissions standards.

The new borders will reach Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey.

Todays ruling comes in the wake of last week’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip parliamentary by-election, where Labour’s failure to win ex-prime minister Boris Johnson’s seat was blamed on concerns around the expansion of Ulez.

𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭: 

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐱…..𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫..