Campaigner’s Ulez challenge dismissed by High Court judge

A semi-retired delivery driver has failed in a High Court bid to stop London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan pressing ahead with an extension to the capital’s ultra low emission zone .Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Lawyers representing Mr Khan said Mr White did not have an arguable case and Mrs Justice Cockerill on Thursday ruled in their favour.

He was not at Thursday’s hearing, but lawyers representing him indicated that they were considering an appeal. A group of Conservative-led councils unsuccessfully challenged Mr Khan’s expansion plans earlier this year. The outer London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, and Hillingdon – plus Surrey County Council – had challenged proposals to extend Ulez beyond the North and South Circular roads.

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