Sadiq Khan’s new scrappage scheme for his hated ULEZ tax branded ‘a con’
Sadiq Khan‘s makes an attempt to make his enlargement of the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) in London with a tax of £12.50 a day on 1000’s of drivers has been branded “a con” by one in all his main critics.
Howard Cox, Reform UK’s candidate for London Mayor and founding father of the FairFuel UK marketing campaign, has dismissed the Labour London Mayor’s enlargement of the scrappage scheme to exchange automobiles which might fall foul of his new tax on motorists.
The scheme will now see £2,000 supplied for petrol automobiles older than 2005 and diesel automobiles older than 2015 whereas bus8nesses with vans that are too outdated might be provided £7,000.
Previously solely folks on advantages would qualify for the scheme however now it can apply to everybody in outer London.
The transfer got here after Mr Khan got here beneath large political stress after the hated ULEZ enlargement value the Labour Party a by-election victory within the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election final month.
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But Mr Cox, who has vowed to take away ULEZ in all of London if elected, stated: “On first appears, Khan’s newest enhance in his scrappage scheme appears very beneficiant.
“But still £2,000 towards a ULEZ non-compliant vehicle does not touch the sides in terms of the cost of a new EV.
“Widening the scheme to all house owners of non-compliant automobiles is welcomed, however I repeat dishonestly taking taxpayer’s cash out of GLA reserves won’t cowl the price of a brand new EV, with the most affordable solely accessible near £20,000.
“The Mayor says he has listened to businesses too or so he says, he has announced that the scrappage payment for vans will increase from £5,000 to £7,000.
“But once more, the most affordable to purchase are over £30,000.”
He added: “Frankly, Khan’s new all-shiny scrappage scheme stays a con and can put low-income drivers and small companies into additional debt to conform along with his cash-grabbing undemocratic and pointless idealism.”
Khan is using £50million of City Hall reserves to fund the changes, taking the total put into the scrappage fund to £160million at the expense of the taxpayer.
The scrappage scheme will not help hundreds of thousands of motorists who need to drive into London every day for business or commuting but live outside.
So far six councils around London have refused to cooperate with Khan’s demands for help with signs and cameras.
But despite massive opposition to the scheme he will press ahead with expanding the ULEZ charge to greater London from August 29 at the end of the summer holidays.
The London Mayor has insisted that introducing the scheme will save 4,000 lives a year by reducing air pollution but critics have disputed the science behind the claims.