A legal challenge led by rival councils against London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) around the capital has been authorised by the High Court.
Khan has announced plans to extend the ULEZ, which imposes a charge on drivers of vehicles that do not meet certain emissions standards, to cover the entire city by 2023.
However, the expansion has faced fierce opposition from some local councils, which argue that it will disproportionately affect lower-income households and small businesses.
City Hall Conservatives, members of the London Assembly, wrote in a statement on Wednesday, “The High Court has now ruled there is sufficient evidence that Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ decision may have been unlawful.”…