Mayor praises ULEZ expansion as figures reveal drop in pollutants

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The mayor has said the ULEZ zone has definitively reduced pollution in outer London after a City Hall commissioned study revealed a drop in pollutants

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00:00When the mayor extended the London ULEZ zone to cover the whole of London, he created the

00:08world's largest pollution charging zone. A report commissioned by City Hall found nitrogen

00:16oxides emissions from cars and vans across the whole of outer London were estimated to

00:22be 14% lower last year than they would have been without ULEZ. They found the

00:29level of decreases were 15.4% in Sutton, 15.3% in both Croydon and Merton and 15.2% in both

00:38Bromley and Harrow. All these councils expressed their opposition to Labour Mayor Sir Sadiq

00:45Khan's decision to expand the zone while Conservative-run Bromley and Harrow were also part of a failed

00:53attempt to stop the policy through a judicial review. While the mayor has praised the report,

01:00saying the report shows ULEZ has been successful in reducing pollution, Colin Smith, the leader

01:07of Bromley Council, criticised the one-size-fits-all lunacy of ULEZ expansion, claiming it has

01:16quote-unquote destroyed care networks, forced people to change jobs and created a huge financial

01:22expense for people and businesses having to buy new vehicles they did not want or need.

01:30He added that the mayor would have focused on reducing pollution on the London underground

01:37if he was quote-unquote genuine with his claim that expanding ULEZ was about air quality.

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