Greg Hennessy wrote:
Reported last night that Ken proposes to charge £25 a day for the most
polluting cars.


Thinly disguised class warfare to divert away from other more pressing
matters.

Voluntary progressive taxation is not the same as class warfare.

Is he now acknowledging the folly of extending the zone instead of
creating a separate zone for the western extension?

Unlikely.

Agreed.

If zone inhabitants pay 10%, the £2.50 a day charge might be a slight
incentive for them to use lighter vehicles.

Even more unlikely. Yummy mummies driving 'Chelsea tractors' in the zone,
are not going to be inconvenienced in the slightest.

True. However, the fact that they'll contribute an extra £650-ish each
a year to TfL coffers is no bad thing - it partially addresses the
outrageous anomaly that Council Tax stops at Band H...

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