YOU report businessman Andrew Paton setting up a campaign to oppose Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone (Anti-LEZ campaign boosted by mystery donor,…
Breakfast Time, in defending an accusation levied against London’s LEZ expansion to the 32 boroughs of the city that it is little more than a cash grab, has clearly stated he could have extended the congestion charge, which would have been a cash grab.
So, doesn’t £12.50 per day for LEZ non-compliant vehicles seem like a tax on the 10% of the vehicles assessed to be driving in London at any time?And precisely what makes a vehicle non-compliant? Doesn’t the date of 2005 for petrol vehicles and 2015 for diesel vehicles seem arbitrary? Will those dates be fixed going forward as the benchmark for “compliance” or will they be moved to satisfy the cash generation required to finance the scheme?
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