London council chiefs have accused Sadiq Khan of ignoring data for a city air pollution-cutting scheme that will charge motorists by the day to drive, which they say will cause “misery” to residents and working people.
Leaders of London councils Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, and Hillingdon have refused to sign an agreement on London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) scheme and are now seeking to challenge it in the courts.
Khan claims that each year 4,000 Londoners “die prematurely each year because of long-term exposure to air pollution, with the greatest number of deaths in outer London boroughs.”
However, the council leaders have cited a study by Imperial College London that said that while ULEZ did reduce the city’s nitrogen dioxide levels during the first few weeks of its implementation, on its own was not a “silver bullet.”…