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On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:22:21 +0100 Robin wrote: On 19/10/2020 08:37, wrote: On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:23:28 +0100 Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 23:01:02 on Fri, 16 Oct 2020, Ian Jackson remarked: People who live in the "Circular" area, are people in normal employment with lives that mean that they have to have a car. and an annual tax of 5,475 pounds to own one, is bloody ridiculous If the local councillors suggested this they would be out on their ears at the next election It's only because Boris is a Tory, and most of the affected LAs are Labour/LibDem run that he has a hope of getting away with this politically but it's still a bag of nonsense socially. It's nothing to do with congestion, but simply a potential way to raise a poll-tax the pay for TfL's huge deficit. After the N/S Circular, how long before the M25? Some of the media is speculating already. If Khan had a working pair of ******** he'd have called Boris' bluff over this and said "Fine, the tube and bus will stop on [date] and londons economy will come to a halt along with the substantial part of GDP it generates. Enjoy.". But of course he hasn't and didn't. One problem with that may be that the idea came from the Mayor's side: Why was he pushing back against it then? From what I read in The Times the other day it was Number 10 and the DtT pushing on moving the LEZ outwards as a condition for the extra money. Yes, this is a government proposal, being strongly resisted by the mayor: Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, was embroiled in a fresh row with the Government on Friday as he fought against an extension of the congestion charge zone in exchange for a Transport for London (TfL) bailout. Ministers agreed a two-week rollover of current emergency support but proposed a dramatic extension of the congestion zone to the North and South Circular roads as a condition of further funding. If no long-term bailout is secured, TfL could issue a Section 114 notice which would declare it insolvent and lead to significant cuts to services. A source close to Mr Khan said redrawing the £15-a-day congestion zone from central London to the suburbs was "unacceptable". "Negotiations are ongoing to do a deal to keep TfL services running," the source said. "Conditions such as extending a £15 congestion charge to the North and South Circular and taking free travel away from children and older people would be totally unacceptable to the Mayor, and he would not ask Londoners to accept them in these exceptionally difficult times." … The London Mayor had initially been seeking a £5.7 billion bailout for London's transport network to protect the system for the next 18 months. A Department for Transport spokesman said: "We have agreed an extension to the support period for the Transport for London Extraordinary Funding Agreement, allowing further time for negotiations. These discussions will ensure London has a safe, reliable network. It would be inappropriate to disclose further details at this stage." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/10/16/sadiq-khan-fights-against-extension-london-congestion-zone-bids/ |
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:23:13 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: A source close to Mr Khan said redrawing the £15-a-day congestion zone from central London to the suburbs was "unacceptable". I don't often agree with Khan but in this case he's spot on. You cannot have a LEZ covering relatively poor areas where people live who can just about to afford to run an old banger and certainly can't cough up this charge every time they drive it to the shops or similar. |
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