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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

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