Londoners in the city's outer boroughs will be given the opportunity to decide whether to remain in Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ), a Tory mayoral hopeful has pledged.
Speaking to the Telegraph, he said: "You've got to do things in a responsible manner, and you have to be able to take people with you. You can't just impose your will on folks who don't want it...
"I will promise within the first 12 months to have a local referendum for every outer London borough so they can be empowered with the choice about how they respond to what Sadiq has done."Mr Kasumu stressed that he is "equally as passionate" about environmental issues as Mr Khan, but said he opposed the expansion because things should be done "in a responsible manner".
In a YouGov poll last week just 18 percent of adults in London said they would vote Conservative, 40 points behind Labour, representing the party's biggest lead since the market research film started tracking London voting intention in 2010.
He later said he feared some Tory colleagues thought the right way to win the next election is to "exploit division" and "pick a fight on the culture war", warning that it could have dire consequences for the country.
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