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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

London’s mayor faces high court challenge over Ulez expansion

Anti-Ulez protesters in Trafalgar Square
Five Tory-led councils were given permission to challenge the policy in court. Photograph: Loredana Sangiuliano/Sopa Images/Rex

A legal challenge to the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone will be heard in the high court later this year, after a judgment permitted councils to proceed.

The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, vowed to press on regardless with plans to extend the Ulez, which he has argued is needed to tackle toxic air that is responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year.

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