How much has Labour's ULEZ cost you personally? Enough!
The FIGHT is BACK ON!
During the mayoral election the biggest issue on the doorstep was the cost of ULEZ. We thought it was all over when the Mayor of London won the election. But now Rishi says he's going to devolve the choice on draconian measures like this to residents. So you will get another chance to cancel the ULEZ extension - if you vote Conservative.
Stopping Labour's war on motorists
Labour have waged a war on motorists in Wales and London and would do the same in government. That's why we are going to fight back hard against Labour's unfair taxes.
On 8 June 2024 we announced a Backing Drivers Bill to protect motorists from Labour-imposed measures.
Since 2010 we have backed drivers by freezing fuel duty and spending billions improving roads – but Labour politicians’ imposition of 20mph speed limits and ULEZ expansion highlights the threats motorists face.
That is why we will introduce a Backing Drivers Bill – enshrining in law that a Conservative government will not introduce pay per mile road taxes and will ban mayors and local councils from doing so, reversing Labour’s punitive ULEZ expansion in London and ensuring low traffic neighborhoods and 20mph zones have local support.
The choice at this election is clear: the Conservatives who have a clear plan and will take bold action to back drivers – or Labour, who would penalise motorists and take us back to square one.
We are doing this by:
Reversing Labour’s punitive ULEZ expansion in London, stopping Sadiq Khan’s tax grab on working people. Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ tax rise impacts thousands of people living in London, as well as many more outside who had no say in his election, and who can now no longer afford to get to hospital appointments, or to where they work or study. Our Bill will reverse his unfair and unpopular expansion.
Confirming that we will never introduce pay per mile road taxes and will ban mayors and local councils from doing so, stopping Labour from hiking taxes on drivers. In London, at the request of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, TfL are looking at introducing road pricing – which could charge drivers for how far they drive, what car they drive, and at what time of day. We believe it is not fair for drivers to be penalised for each journey they take, or for government to dictate how far you can drive – which is why our Bill will guarantee that these schemes cannot be introduced in any part of the country.
Ruling out blanket Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph zones, putting local people in control of their areas. Our Bill will require that any new schemes must be subject to a referendum, and introduce a ‘right to challenge’ for existing LTNs and 20mph schemes. This will ensure there is local consent for existing schemes, and – where it is proven there is not – create a duty on local councils to remove them. This includes in Wales where the blanket 20mph speed limits are deeply unpopular.
Building on our Plan for Drivers, putting motorists’ interests first. Our Plan for Drivers addresses the threats motorists face – restraining the most aggressively anti-driver traffic management measures and taking steps to stop councils profiting from moving traffic enforcement.
Q: Why have you not done this already?
We support devolving power as local as possible – but Labour have repeatedly abused and made cash cows out of drivers. It is clear that we must now go further by devolving power even more, so that local people have a direct say on these measures.