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Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground

London’s ultra-low-emission zone is set to expand on Tuesday despite a vocal backlash – Maanya Sachdeva and Holly Evans look at the criticisms of the controversial scheme

The Independent UK

No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan

Rishi Sunak’s lack of support for expanded scheme risks stunting Londoners’ lungs, says mayor in run-up to Tuesday’s launch

The Guardian - UK

Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground

London’s ultra-low-emission zone is set to expand on Tuesday despite a vocal backlash – Maanya Sachdeva and Holly Evans look at the criticisms of the controversial scheme

The Independent UK

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Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground

London’s ultra-low-emission zone is set to expand on Tuesday despite a vocal backlash – Maanya Sachdeva and Holly Evans look at the criticisms of the controversial scheme

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan says he will be on ‘right side of history’ with Ulez expansion

Mayor says he is determined to persuade Londoners his controversial Ulez expansion is the ‘right policy’

Evening Standard

Protest sparks ahead of Sadiq Khan’s controversial Ulez expansion next week

Protesters demonstrate outside south London Tube station over Mayor’s controversial scheme

Evening Standard

OPINION - Even if you hate Ulez, you should be angry that central government tried to block it

George Osborne used to tell the world’s most expensive jokes. At the 2015 Budget, the then-chancellor said £1 million would be spent to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, primarily to land a gag about a Labour-SNP alliance. Further public money was allocated to reducing tolls on…

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Senior London Tories under fire over Facebook groups that celebrate Ulez camera destruction

Senior London Tories were on Thursday accused of “condoning criminality” after it was revealed they help run social media groups that have celebrated the destruction of Ulez cameras and shared conspiracy theories about Sadiq Khan.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer panned for yet another U-turn as Labour left divided on Ulez

KEIR Starmer has been panned as he has once again backtracked on a key Labour commitment to introduce clean air zones.

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Ulez hunger striker tells Sadiq Khan to ‘listen to the people’ as he launches protest in Uxbridge

Prabhdeep Singh has set up camp outside Uxbridge station to protest the scheme

Evening Standard

Motorists protest Ulez expansion outside Downing St

The rally comes a day after Sadiq Khan pledged not to “water down” the extension on August 29

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

London borough forced to replace LTN camera seven times in two years due to vandalism

A camera policing a single low traffic neighbourhood in east London has had to be replaced seven times in less than two years due to vandalism, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘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

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Dear Rishi Sunak, you’ve declared war on people who want to curb car use. It’s one you’ll lose

The PM is misguided to focus so strongly on Ulez and popular low-traffic schemes. Keir Starmer should know better, too, says transport writer Christian Wolmar

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: It’s victory for Sadiq Khan – now let’s make Ulez work

The extension to the ultra low emission zone is coming to an outer borough near you. The High Court has today ruled that the scheme can go ahead as scheduled on August 29, rejecting arguments made by five Conservative councils that it is unlawful.

Evening Standard

Ulez being used as ‘political football’ warns London mother who lost daughter to pollution

Ulez should not be used as a political football in any upcoming elections the mother of a London schoolgirl and the first person to have air pollution listed on her death certificate has warned.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why Sadiq Khan is pressing ahead with Ulez extension

“Why are you doing this now?“ The greatest moment in election night history (and I’ve recently re-watched a bunch of them, sadly) wasn’t Michael Portillo in 1997 or Peter Mandelson in 2001, but Stephen Kinnock in 2017.

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on how the climate crisis should not be used as a political football

The Uxbridge byelection has reopened arguments about how far to push a green agenda but global heating calls for a non-partisan approach

The Guardian - UK

Yes, the Tories kept Uxbridge. But the general election will be a referendum on Sunak, not Ulez

With a local dispute swaying voters, the result in Boris Johnson’s old seat did not accurately reflect the national mood

The Guardian - UK

Rishi, Keir and Ed triumphant as all three parties win byelection day

All the leaders concluded that things had panned out just as they had hoped, if not better

The Independent UK

Starmer calls for reflection on by-election impact of Ulez expansion

Senior Labour figures cited the widening of the scheme as responsible for the party narrowly missing out on winning Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

The Independent UK

Ulez factor likely helped Tories win by-election, says political researcher

The Conservatives held on to Boris Johnson’s old seat but lost two other by-elections to Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

The Week

Quiz of The Week: 15 July - 21 July

It’s been a topsy-turvy week for politics, with three big by-elections and a few controversial pledges. Although Labour stormed to victory in Selby and Ainsty, leader Keir Starmer found himself on the ropes when he promised to maintain a deeply unpopular two-child benefit cap policy.

The Week

Five key takeaways from 2023 by-elections

The Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are all claiming positives after each party achieved a dramatic victory in yesterday’s by-elections.

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