News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Alarming private emails uncovered by the Telegraph show that Sadiq Khan's office tried to suppress a study that challenged the effectiveness of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone policy.
In the build-up to the expansion of Sadiq Khan's Ulez scheme, protesters have taken to the streets in South East London, blocking roads with tractors.
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that 387 Ulez cameras have been damaged, stolen or obscured in London as activists wage war on Sadiq Khan's eco-scheme.
As Birmingham’s clean air zone charges polluting vehicles to combat air pollution, local businesses are feeling the pinch.
Conservative backbenchers in Red Wall seats are urging the Prime Minister to hold a national referendum on Net Zero. But would the BBC, ITV and Sky allow climate sceptics on the air?
Alex Kriel has dug into the figures produced by the Mayor of London to justify the Ulez expansion and found they predict it will cut air pollution by just 1.5% while taking no account of the harms from loss of income.
A Lim Dem councillor has been suspended from Twitter after responding to a picture of a meeting of anti-Ulez campaigners by saying he would "happily fill the room with carbon monoxide". 😱
A Labour civil war looms as the London Mayor defiantly pledges to roll out his controversial Ulez expansion scheme from August 29th. Will Keir Starmer now intervene to stop him?
Following Labour's defeat in the Uxbridge by-election, Sadiq Khan is backtracking on his contentious Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme after private talks with the Labour leader, Keir Starmer.
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has called for Rishi Sunak to ditch high-cost green policies in the wake of the surprise Conservative win at the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election.
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