Voters in London believe Sadiq Khan’s hated Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion should only be introduced if there is a referendum for the areas affected, a new poll has suggested.
The polling was carried out by Whitestone Invite for Laurence Fox and the Reclaim Party in Uxbridge and South Ruislip where he is standing in the by-election to replace Boris Johnson.
Labour are favourites to win the seat but the Conservatives and Reclaim have tried to make it a vote on Mr Khan’s plans to expand ULEZ.
The scheme will cost thousands of motorists £12.50 a day to use the roads if their vehicle is a diesel older than 2015 or petrol older than 2005.
But according to the survey of 502 in the constituency, 77 percent backed a proposal from Reclaim for a referendum on ULEZ expansion.
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Even Camden councillor Danny Beales, who is standing as Labour’s candidate in Uxbridge, has distanced himself from Khan’s plans saying the ULEZ expansion should be delayed.
Mr Khan has linked bad air to thousands of deaths a year and says ULEZ is necessary to improve air quality.
The survey also suggested that if Rishi Sunak was to adopt more rightwing policies then he might have a better chance of overcoming the odds and winning next year’s election.
At time of writing, Labour is 19 points ahead of the Tories in the national polls with a new Techne UK tracker poll expected out later today.
The findings showed that seven in ten (71 percent) agree that schools should not tell children they might have been born in the wrong body.
Meanwhile, almost seven in ten (67 percent) favour mandatory 10-year prison sentences and asset seizures for people smugglers of illegal asylum seekers.
On Net Zero policies, almost two-thirds (63 percent) agree that the impact of air quality is not severe enough to justify banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
Finally, two-thirds of the people of Uxbridge (66 percent) agree that schools should not teach children that white people are oppressors.
Mr Fox recently polled a 5 percent in the by-election and was close to overhauling the Lib Dems going into third place.
He said: “This polling confirms what we have heard time and again on the street.
“The people of Uxbridge and South Ruislip want fundamental change and know that neither of the two main parties represent their values of priorities.”
