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Many locals have questioned Khan\u2019s motivation for introducing the scheme with motorists baffled at the concept of being able to \u201cpay to pollute\u201d.<\/p>\n
@GarthGibbons said: \u201cHow does paying \u00a312.50 to drive a polluting vehicle into London somehow (miraculously) make the air cleaner? If this isn\u2019t a tax, why didn\u2019t you just ban all polluting vehicles and make an actual difference?\u201d<\/p>\n
@FreddTaylor1st reacted: \u201cSo the vehicles are not banned from London? Just charged? So tell me how that action is making air cleaner.\u201d<\/p>\n
DON’T MISS <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n @James530719 added: \u201cIt’s simply a \u2018pay to pollute\u2019 scheme, which will have no effect on air quality!\u201d<\/p>\n @Qtkttn wrote: \u201cWhat a scam!!!! \u00a312.50 to do my grocery shopping and take my kids to school as there is no bus within .5 a mile of my house. Thank you Khan for taking away any hope of a holiday for my kids and no money for activities anymore. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n @siasees remarked: \u201cJust another tax! Nothing to do with cleaner air. Wakey, wakey.\u201d<\/p>\n Some social media users also made it clear they could not afford to replace their vehicles despite Khan\u2019s \u00a32,000 scrappage scheme. Electric vehicles are usually expensive raising fears low-income families will likely be affected the most.<\/p>\n @RebelHQ posted: \u201cStruggling nurses, care workers, elderly, the poor and the grafters will pay \u00a312,50 a day more to drive. The rich, the wealthy, the non-doms, the Russian Oligarchs, the Knights, the Sirs and the Mayor of London will pay nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, a spokesperson for the Mayor of London claimed the ULEZ expansion would actually lose money in the long run.<\/p>\n A statement read: \u201cThe ULEZ is not a money-making scheme and within a few years, as compliance increases, it will actually make a net loss.<\/p>\n \u201cAny revenues raised are ringfenced and reinvested into London\u2019s transport network, including investing in state-of-the-art electric buses, improving transport links in outer London.\u201d<\/p>\n
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