Why Ulez has become toxic
Robert Colvile
The Sunday Times
Ulez, the ultra-low emission zone, has become “hugely toxic” as a result of Sadiq Khan’s plan to extend it, but it “ought to be popular,” says Robert Colvile. Britain’s air is too dirty and there is a “large volume of British and European regulation setting limits and targets for pollutants”. Polling finds that 79% of voters worry about air quality and there is good evidence that the original Ulez sharply reduced the number of high-polluting vehicles on