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Josh Salisbury

Rishi Sunak ‘overruled from blocking Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion’

The Government has decided not to overrule the expansion of Ulez on August 29 after being advised by lawyers the bid would be rejected in court, according to a report.

Ministers were considering whether to use a little-known legal power to frustrate the Mayor’s controversial expansion of the zone to cover all of Greater London on the grounds it is “inconsistent with national policies”, the Telegraph reported.

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