Government plans to potentially block the ultra-low emission zone expansion coming into force across the whole of London next week have been shelved over legal concerns.
Cabinet ministers are said to have been exploring using a little-known legal power allowing them to overrule London mayorBut Government lawyers have apparently said the challenge would fail in the courts, The Telegraph reported.which will see motorists with the highest-polluting vehicles pay £12.
A Downing Street source told the paper: 'We have and continue to look at options, but they are limited. The people who could stop this tomorrow are the Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.' The result caused party leader Sir Keir Starmer to ask Mr Khan to 'reflect' on the controversial policy. Tory council leader in Hertfordshire refuses to erect signs warning of ULEZ on London border as it would 'endorse' Sadiq Khan's plansIt emerged this week that a £2-5 toll will soon be charged at the Blackwall tunnel, depending on the size of vehicle driven.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council have been clear that the purpose of a potential charge on the bridge would be to raise revenue to repay the costs of repair works on the bridge, and not to deliver wider transport policy objectives,' they said.
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