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Mayors from cities around the globe back Sadiq Khan as he vows no delay to Ulez

Drivers of the most polluting cars will have to pay a daily £12.50 charge anywhere in Greater London from August 29

Evening Standard

Home Office withdrew £31m in Met Police recruitment funding over missed target

Scotland Yard lost £30.8m in Government funding as a result of failing to meet recruitment targets, accounts state

Evening Standard

Doctors urge politicians to stand firm on schemes to tackle air pollution

Exclusive: hundreds of consultants, GPs and others write to Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan over Labour’s position on Ulez

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Sadiq Khan expands Ulez scrappage scheme after Keir Starmer criticism

Financial support will be extended to all Londoners as mayor digs into City Hall reserves

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan opens Ulez scrappage scheme to all Londoners in £50m boost

The Labour mayor has come under significant pressure from within his own party in recent weeks over the Ulez expansion

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan widens scrappage scheme to all Londoners to take sting out of Ulez

Every Londoner with an old car will be able to receive up to £2,000 to help switch to a less polluting model.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan expands £2,000 Ulez grant to all Londoners with non-compliant vehicles

Capital’s mayor moves to reduce political fallout over scheme’s extension after Tory byelection win in Uxbridge

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Merton Council launches its own £1m Ulez scrappage scheme

The council said its scheme will provide £1,000 grants “to help the poorest areas in our community that are not well connected by public transport”

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Met Police officers fail to record 6,000 stop and searches in 17 months

The Met said that, on occasion, “there may be technical or equipment failure, which means an encounter isn’t recorded”

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Ulez revolt intensifies as home counties councils refuse to install signs

A home counties rebellion against Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone has intensified just weeks before it is due to be rolled out to the London boundary.

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Main tunnelling works at Silvertown Tunnel now complete, photos reveal

It can be revealed that both boreholes of the Silvertown Tunnel are now complete, after a Green politician spotted the tunnel boring machine on the north bank of the Thames

Evening Standard

Uxbridge was not just an anti-green protest: it was the sour spirit of Brexit revived

This byelection should have been a Labour landslide – but local Tories’ freedom to choose their candidate changed all that, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Row as Tories tell Sadiq Khan to ‘follow his own rules’ on fire safety

A spokesman for Mr Khan called the Conservatives’ comments a “disingenuous attack” and insisted that fire safety is “of paramount importance” to the mayor

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Operation Mincemeat musical posters banned by TfL

TfL said its advertising policy does not allow adverts which include or feature graffiti

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More than a dozen Ulez cameras stolen or vandalised every week in London

More than a dozen Ulez enforcement cameras are vandalised or stolen every week, it was revealed on Wednesday.

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Man accused of Ulez camera destruction plot to stand trial next year

A man from south-east London is set to stand trial over alleged involvement in the destruction of one of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Ulez cameras.

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OPINION - How summer of music brought London’s tourists ‘roaring back’: The Leader podcast

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says the capital’s tourist economy is “roaring back” to life after Covid - but is it, and who’s paying a fortune for those inflated entry ticket, food and drink prices?

The Guardian - UK

Vindication or cowardice? Andy Burnham’s clean air gamble in Manchester

After the Ulez debate, some see the Greater Manchester mayor’s U-turn on introducing his own ‘Caz’ zone as a politician reading the room, while others see it as a climbdown

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False claims in tweets about Ulez plans cause concern at London mayor’s office

Social media posts falsely state Sadiq Khan is proposing to exempt ‘minority religions’ from charge

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer 'furious with London mayor over free school meals plan'

RELATIONS between the Labour leadership and the party’s powerful regional mayors are reportedly under strain as Keir Starmer attempts to silence…

The Independent UK

Why Rishi Sunak won’t be banning LTNs anytime soon

Threats to review or defund low traffic neighbourhood schemes are unlikely to make a difference, as Jon Stone explains

Evening Standard

London tourism ‘roaring back’ amid visitor surge

Two million more international visitors are forecast to arrive in London in 2023 compared with last year

The Guardian - UK

‘An excuse against Labour’: Uxbridge unconvinced Ulez led to Tory byelection win

Residents have mixed views and misgivings about policy but some say they voted Labour nonetheless

The Hindu

Tomato heist: Transport company owner tracks down the missing tomato-loaded truck to Rajasthan, driver who sold off the tomatoes for a pittance in Ahmedabad

The truck from Kolar carrying 11 tonnes of tomatoes worth ₹21 Lakh, that went missing en route to Jaipur on Saturday evening, has finally been tracked down to Takhatghar in Pali district, Rajasthan. However, the driver, now identified as Anwar Khan, who has abandoned the vehicle near a dhaba in…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rishi Sunak’s anti-green plan is a curious gamble

Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party appear to have concluded, on the basis of a solitary and surprise by-election victory, to trash the Government’s record on the environment. It is a curious decision — and one that threatens not only Britain’s ability to combat catastrophic climate change, but also ignores…

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