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Letter to Editor of "i"
Published 30th July 2023
Dear Editor,
The easiest way to undermine the “Stop ULEZ” Campaign is to arrange more generous assistance to those individuals or small businesses struggling to upgrade their cars, and to rename the whole scheme as the Ella Surcharge, as a reminder of the nine year old London girl whose cause of death was recorded as being caused by the toxic air of London. Not so easy for Tories or the Labour leadership to campaign against that.
Then
Letter to Editor of "The Observer" (unpublished)
Three steps
to make ULEZ more acceptable to an outer London electorate during a cost of
living crisis. First, ensure that for the first two years care workers, medical
staff, teachers, and other specific key workers remain exempt from the extra
daily charge if their cars are non-compliant. Secondly, give small businesses
with three or less employees with non-compliant
vehicles an interest free loan facility for
one year to purchase one compliant vehicle. Thirdly, announce these changes at
a relaunch event in which the name ULEZ is supplemented with a new name more
clearly identifiable with its ultimate purpose, such as the “Clean Air Tax”.
