Sir Keir Starmer originally backed ULEZ expansion despite telling Sadiq Khan to ‘reflect’ on hated tax

SIR Keir Starmer originally backed the ULEZ expansion — before telling Sadiq Khan to “reflect” on the hated tax.

The Holborn MP hailed Extinction Rebellion demos in London in 2019 — and signed up to a pledge to “keep lobbying for a London-wide ULEZ”.



Zuma via PA Images July 16, 2023, London, England, United Kingdom: Labour Party leader KEIR STARMER is seen outside BBC Broadcasting House as he appears on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg. (Credit Image: © Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire)
Sir Keir Starmer previously signed up for a pledge to back a London-wide ULEZ

(FILES) New signs for the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) are pictured in central London on April 8, 2019. A UK court on July 4, 2023, will consider the legality of contentious plans to extend London's road-charging scheme for more polluting vehicles, as opponents engage in protests against it -- and even sabotage. The High Court case comes less than two months before London Mayor Sadiq Khan's expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to take effect. The scheme -- first introduced in 2019, and separate from the city's two-decades-old congestion charge -- requires more polluting vehicles to pay a £12.50 ($16) toll on days they are driven within inner London. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
But the Labour leader has now called on Sadiq Khan to reconsider the charge after their defeat in the Uxbridge by-election

But after Labour’s defeat in the Uxbridge by-election last week, the now party leader called on the Mayor of London to reconsider the £12.50 daily charge on older cars.

He said there was “no doubt” the tax had hurt his party’s chances of winning.

Yet in May 2019, Sir Keir helped to launch Camden Council’s Clean Air Action Plan, which vowed to push City Hall to expand ULEZ.

He called the plan a “strong step” towards addressing poor air quality.

Sir Keir even wrote: “The recent Extinction Rebellion protests have been a stark reminder future generations will not forgive us.”

But now a bitter internal row has erupted in the party after the low-emission tax was blamed for their unexpected defeat in the key by-election.

Sir Keir held talks with Mr Khan after blaming the ULEZ expansion for the loss.

While the party’s defeated Uxbridge candidate Danny Beales hit out: “You cannot tell working people you are laser-focused on the cost of living and then penalise them for driving their car to work.”

Last night, Treasury Minister Andrew Griffith jumped on the flip flop, saying: “Keir Starmer and the Labour Party have always supported ULEZ”.


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