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OPINION - Sadiq Khan has shown courage on Ulez, but now he needs to stop ignoring knife crime

Whether you’re violently anti or hysterically pro-Ulez, you have to admit that it demonstrated admirable qualities in our Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He showed us he can be refreshingly intractable and dogged, that he doesn’t mind upsetting people under incredible pressure from half of London, and even his own party leader.…

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

In times that cry out for leadership, we get followship. Sadiq Khan is bucking that trend with Ulez

Politicians must place facts and judgment over the biases of the public square, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

‘Green policies are the new Brexit’: a day on the frontline of London’s clean air zone

The low emissions zone is provoking extreme reactions in the constituency of a former Tory leader, who has sympathy for anti-Ulez activists

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan

Rishi Sunak’s lack of support for expanded scheme risks stunting Londoners’ lungs, says mayor in run-up to Tuesday’s launch

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023

Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground

London’s ultra-low-emission zone is set to expand on Tuesday despite a vocal backlash – Maanya Sachdeva and Holly Evans look at the criticisms of the controversial scheme

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground

London’s ultra-low-emission zone is set to expand on Tuesday despite a vocal backlash – Maanya Sachdeva and Holly Evans look at the criticisms of the controversial scheme

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

Sadiq Khan says he will be on ‘right side of history’ with Ulez expansion

Mayor says he is determined to persuade Londoners his controversial Ulez expansion is the ‘right policy’

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2023

Protest sparks ahead of Sadiq Khan’s controversial Ulez expansion next week

Protesters demonstrate outside south London Tube station over Mayor’s controversial scheme

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2023

OPINION - Even if you hate Ulez, you should be angry that central government tried to block it

George Osborne used to tell the world’s most expensive jokes. At the 2015 Budget, the then-chancellor said £1 million would be spent to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, primarily to land a gag about a Labour-SNP alliance. Further public money was allocated to reducing tolls on…

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023

Senior London Tories under fire over Facebook groups that celebrate Ulez camera destruction

Senior London Tories were on Thursday accused of “condoning criminality” after it was revealed they help run social media groups that have celebrated the destruction of Ulez cameras and shared conspiracy theories about Sadiq Khan.

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023