Local LibDem Councillors side with Labour and fail to oppose ULEZ Expansion
At the Ordinary Council Meeting of Brentwood Borough Council on 15 March a motion was tabled by Conservative Councillors opposing the ULEZ expansion into Greater London by the Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
This proposal would mean that a Brentwood Resident with a non compliant car visiting an elderly parent in Harold Hill could pay £87.50 per week in fees.
Sadly, local LibDem councillors sided with Labour on the motion by choosing to sit on the fence by abstaining.
The motion (detailed below) was passed only thanks to Conservative Councillors.
"We believe the ULEZ expansion to be a regressive tax inflicted upon the poorest motorists and is to the detriment of residents living here in Brentwood.
Working people do not choose to drive older, more polluting vehicles out of choice. Placing an additional financial burden on them with a £12.50 charge every time that they need to use their cars to travel into Greater London will hit hard working families with a tax grab by the Mayor of London that will result in real hardship for those who need to work, travel to hospital or visit and support friends and relatives living within the proposed expanded zone but are unable afford to replace their cars.
This Council opposes the expansion proposal and supports Essex County Council in not co-operating with the installation of any signage to support such an expansion."
