Khan beneath strain from livid Londoners demanding referendum on hated ULEZ
Voters in London consider Sadiq Khan’s hated Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) enlargement ought to solely be launched if there’s a referendum for the areas affected, a brand new ballot has instructed.
The polling was carried out by Whitestone Invite for Laurence Fox and the Reclaim Party in Uxbridge and South Ruislip the place he’s standing within the by-election to interchange Boris Johnson.
Labour are favourites to win the seat however the Conservatives and Reclaim have tried to make it a vote on Mr Khan’s plans to increase ULEZ.
The scheme will value 1000’s of motorists £12.50 a day to make use of the roads if their automobile is a diesel older than 2015 or petrol older than 2005.
But in accordance with the survey of 502 within the constituency, 77 % backed a proposal from Reclaim for a referendum on ULEZ enlargement.
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Even Camden councillor Danny Beales, who’s standing as Labour’s candidate in Uxbridge, has distanced himself from Khan’s plans saying the ULEZ enlargement ought to be delayed.
Mr Khan has linked dangerous air to 1000’s of deaths a 12 months and says ULEZ is critical to enhance air high quality.
The survey additionally instructed that if Rishi Sunak was to undertake extra rightwing insurance policies then he may need a greater likelihood of overcoming the percentages and successful subsequent 12 months’s election.
At time of writing, Labour is nineteen factors forward of the Tories within the nationwide polls with a brand new Techne UK tracker ballot anticipated out later as we speak.
The findings confirmed that seven in ten (71 %) agree that colleges mustn’t inform youngsters they may have been born within the fallacious physique.
Meanwhile, nearly seven in ten (67 %) favour obligatory 10-year jail sentences and asset seizures for folks smugglers of unlawful asylum seekers.
On Net Zero insurance policies, nearly two-thirds (63 %) agree that the influence of air high quality is just not extreme sufficient to justify banning the sale of recent petrol and diesel vehicles.
Finally, two-thirds of the folks of Uxbridge (66 %) agree that colleges mustn’t educate youngsters that white individuals are oppressors.
Mr Fox lately polled a 5 % within the by-election and was near overhauling the Lib Dems going into third place.
He mentioned: “This polling confirms what we have heard time and again on the street.
“The people of Uxbridge and South Ruislip want fundamental change and know that neither of the two main parties represent their values of priorities.”