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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Mayors of Oslo, Montreal and Milan back Sadiq Khan on London Ulez plan

Ablue tram in Oslo city centre
Oslo has an ‘extensive public transport system’, said the city’s mayor, Raymond Johansen, ‘improved with the revenues from the [road] toll ring.’ Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

Mayors from cities around the globe have urged Sadiq Khan to stay strong in the face of harsh criticism of his clean air policies.

The Conservative party narrowly held the constituency of Uxbridge in a recent byelection, with its victory attributed partly to opposition to the London mayor’s upcoming extension of the capital’s ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez). A culture war over the role of cars in cities has erupted which has included arch comments from Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, who suggested his party was doing something “very wrong”.

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