London ULEZ zone to expand to cover entire capital from next year, Sadiq Khan announces
Mr Khan said air pollution is making Londoners "sick from cradle to the grave", with illnesses such as cancer, lung disease, dementia and asthma.He described the Ulez as "transformational" and claimed extending it will mean "five million more people will be able to breathe cleaner air and live healthier lives".
This led to him introducing measures such as a £110 million scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled people, small businesses and charities to scrap or retrofit their non-compliant vehicles.Mr Khan added: "Expanding the Ulez London-wide has not been an easy decision. The easy thing for me would have been to kick the can down the road.
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