Protesters are carrying placards saying 'Stop the Toxic Air Lie' and 'ULEZ all about money'.
Husband and wife Tom and Carolyn Dare are amongst the protesters, and say they want Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ‘overrule Sadiq Kahn’.
‘He has got the power. They can get rid of a prime minister, anytime they like,’ Ms Dare said, adding she felt the Conservatives were using the issue to fight Labour and to help them win the next election ‘but they are hurting a lot of people’.Mr Dare said the mayor was ‘shutting down London basically’, adding: ‘A lot of people come to theatres of a night, but it’s going to cost them more money to come to the theatre.‘At our age, we can’t afford to get a new loan to get a new car.
Mr Sunak claimed that sole responsibility for the scheme lies with Mr Khan, amid questions about Boris Johnson’s role as mayor in the original development of ULEZ. ‘There is one party and one person responsible for what is happening and that is the Labour mayor and the Labour Party in London, supported by Keir Starmer,’ he said.
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