Boris Johnson backtracks over pollution charge
By Rebecca Burn-Callander, published 2 years ago in Leadership.
Plans to levy a £25 tax on gas guzzlers were scrapped today. The Mayor is “delighted”, despite having to pay £400,000 in legal fees to the plaintiff, Porsche.
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When Ken Livingstone announced the £25 daily levy on high-pollution vehicles entering the capital earlier this year, there was uproar from the Chelsea tractor brigade.
Porsche was first to legally contest the ruling. Today, Johnson withdrew the proposal and a court ruled that Transport for London must pay the luxury car manufacturer’s court fees.
By Transport for London, we mean (incidentally) “the taxpayer”.
To read the pro-pollution charge side, try The Guardian.For an unbiased view, try The Times.
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peter webb 2 years ago.
Porsche are donating the costs awarded to the charity Skidz - training at-risk young people to be motor mechanics.