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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey, Helen Pidd and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Starmer urges Khan to ‘reflect’ on Ulez rules after Uxbridge defeat

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, is extending Ulez to outer London, including Uxbridge, where Labour failed to win Boris Johnson’s old seat. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Keir Starmer has lauded his party’s historic win in the Selby byelection, but urged the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, to “reflect” on the impact of his extension of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) into Uxbridge, where Labour was unexpectedly defeated.

The Labour leader sounded upbeat on Friday during a visit to the North Yorkshire seat of Selby and Ainsty, which his party won for the first time since it was created in 2010, doing so with a 24-point swing.

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