An military veteran has launched the fightback towards Sadiq Khan's plans to hit drivers in London with a tax by happening a starvation strike for per week.

Prabhdeep Singh, who served within the Army Dental Corp, described the enlargement of the extremely low emission zone (ULEZ) to the whole thing of London as "unnecessary" and mentioned that individuals wanted to face as much as pressures being added throughout a cost-of-living disaster.

Mr Singh is a resident of Uxbridge where the Conservatives won a surprise victory in the by-election caused by Boris Johnson's departure on the back of fury over Mr Khan's ULEZ expansion.

The scheme will hit lots of of 1000's of individuals dwelling in London and those that have to commute or journey in for work with a day by day cost of £12.50 a day which might go as much as round £4,500 a yr.

It will have an effect on all diesel autos older than 2015 and petrol autos older than 2005.

Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, Mr Singh mentioned: "The reason I am on hunger strike is just an indication to the people of Britain is that this is what it is going to be like if we don't fight back.

"While we're preventing towards the poverty of the price of dwelling disaster there's one other burden on the folks referred to as ULEZ.

"This ULEZ is out of nowhere. We don't need it. The people don't want it.

"It is simply being imposed on us. That is why I'm right here and what I'm preventing towards."

He said that "lots of people" are dropping in to support him and bringing him water to survive on for the next seven days.

He added: "The results of the by-election right here has given a transparent indication to the Mayor that this isn't what we wish in Greater London."

Mr Khan has insisted that 4,000 people a year die in London as a result of toxic air but these figures have been disputed by anti-ULEZ campaigners and the Conservative Party.

There have been concerns that Labour has plans to roll out ULEZ schemes to the rest of the country following comments by Angela Rayner and Mr Khan.

There are additionally fears that ULEZ may very well be adopted by a "pay by the mile" scheme introduced by Khan if he wins one other time period in City Hall.

The Tories have identified that Labour has taken £1.5 million in donations from the bankroller of eco-zealot group Just Stop Oil Dale Vince.

Mr Khan has vowed to press forward with the enlargement of ULEZ which is able to cowl the entire of Greater London from August 29 after he gained a court docket victory towards 5 Conservative-run councils.

However, a lot of councils are refusing to cooperate in erecting infrastructure equivalent to cameras and indicators to permit ULEZ to go forward easily.

Critics have claimed Mr Khan needs to introduce the scheme to plug the black gap he has created within the funds of Transport for London.