Category Archives: ULEZ

Philp bottles it and exits ‘cesspit’ Facebook group in a hurry

Croydon Mayor Jason Perry and policing minister Chris Philp were in full-scale retreat after the London elections, hurriedly trying to distance themselves from the ‘absolute cesspit of vile racism and hate speech’ that they had helped to foster on social … Continue reading

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Don’t divert from the diversion, drivers on M25 are warned

Don’t divert from the diversion, or risk having to pay the £12.50 ULEZ charge – or worse. That’s the warning to motorists who might be affected by this weekend’s planned closure of the M25 between Junctions 9 at Leatherhead and … Continue reading

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In Croydon, Labour’s toxic track record makes it ‘no Khan-do’

After another two-day election count and too many coffees, political editor WALTER CRONXITE sifts through the detritus of Croydon and Sutton’s part in the 2024 London elections Not for the first time, Croydon kept London waiting. It was getting on … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Elly Baker, Hina Bokhari, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Sutton Council, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Gray day for Labour as they lose Sutton council seat to Tories

ROSE HILL reports from the count at the ExCel Centre on another sign that Labour’s London juggernaut might just have a puncture… After a two-year absence, Catherine Gray is back on Sutton Council, the Conservative winning the St Helier West … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Catherine Gray, London-wide issues, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

With 48% turn out in outer London, Khan’s team gets the jitters

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on Labour’s post-polling nervousness and confirmation that in Croydon council by-elections, things are never done as quickly as you might hope Have you ever met a poor bookmaker? No, me neither, which is why when … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Price, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Katherine Kerswell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

MP calls on Met to investigate Tories’ ‘vile cesspit’ groups

The dodgy Facebook page run by PorkiePie Perry, the Mayor of Croydon, and which has “Congo” Chris Philp MP among its members, that was exposed at the weekend as being part of a Tory network of racist anti-ULEZ groups, was … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Perry’s Facebook page part of Tory ‘vile cesspit’ of racism

By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon More than six months since this website exposed the Tory policing minister, Chris Philp, and Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, Jason Perry, as being involved with a secret Facebook group that appeared to encourage criminal damage … Continue reading

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

May 2’s election day will show how bad things are for Tories

With two weeks to go, ANDREW FISHER focuses in on your three, or four, votes in Croydon. PLUS: how you can make sure you have proper photo ID for election day Every Croydon voter will have at least three votes … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Sutton Council, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Woodside, Zoe Garbett | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

‘The dog that didn’t bite’: how ULEZ has become a non-issue

Just 1-in-200 Londoners are impacted by the extension of ULEZ to outer London and are paying a £12.50 fine for driving older, more-polluting vehicles in the capital. That’s the findings of a Freedom of Information request conducted by BBC London, … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Crime, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Under The Flyover | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Vandals are out on Marlpit Avenue as ULEZ takes effect

Criminal damage to public property continues in Coulsdon, as data suggests a sharp reduction in the most polluting vehicles using the capital’s roads Just as it did in inner London when introduced (by the then-Mayor, Boris Johnson, in case you … Continue reading

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Perry’s Facebook group hosted video by Islamophobic ‘comic’

EXCLUSIVE: A secretive Facebook group which has policing minister Chris Philp among its members and where the Mayor of Croydon is an administrator has been sharing content from a far-right mate of the EDL’s Tommy Robinson. By STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading

Posted in Bromley Council, Chris Philp MP, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

After two years Perry claims credit for 4 TfL bus shelters

When he’s not providing a platform for vandals to celebrate the destruction of ULEZ infrastructure, Croydon’s hypocritical Mayor is accepting help from Transport for London It’s coming up to three years since Croydon Council had all of its own bus … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Met appeals for witnesses after two arrests over ULEZ bomb

After calling in the anti-terrorism unit when a ULEZ camera was bombed earlier this month, the Metropolitan Police has issued a renewed appeal for witnesses to come forward over the multi-million-pound wave of vandalism to public property conducted since the … Continue reading

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LibDems’ 450 bus survey shows election campaign has begun

Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE spots the tell-tale signs of a bit of political opportunism – and valuable data-scraping At a time of global conflicts, humanitarian catastrophe and, here at home, homelessness and cost of living crises, whether a suburban London … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council law officer sent complaint over Perry’s Facebook group

CROYDON IN CRISIS: London is suffering a Tory-inspired crime wave which saw more than nine incidents every day in September attacking ULEZ cameras and equipment. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES A formal complaint has been filed to the Borough Solicitor over … Continue reading

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Perry should apologise for anti-ULEZ Facebook group says MP

EXCLUSIVE: Tory Mayor’s Facebook group that encourages criminal damage only had a rule forbidding illegal behaviour added after he was approached by the media. By STEVEN DOWNES A Labour MP has called on Croydon Mayor Jason Perry to close down … Continue reading

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Tory minister is member of online group that salutes vandals

EXCLUSIVE: A secret Facebook group where members celebrate criminal vandalism carried out against ULEZ cameras is being run by the Tory Mayor of Croydon. By STEVEN DOWNES The Tory Government’s policing minister, Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South, is … Continue reading

Posted in Bromley Council, Coulsdon, Crime, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Starmer reshuffle sees Croydon MP Reed shunted to DEFRA

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on how today’s Labour front bench job creation scheme might be taken as proof that turds do somehow manage to rise to the surface… Steve Reed OBE, the right-wing MP who shunted another Labour MP out … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Environment, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

ULEZ is here to stay and the health benefits are on the way

Opposition to the Ultra Low Emission Zone, which has been expanded to much of outer London today, has simply demonstrated where third-rate Conservative politicians’ priorities lie – and that’s not with the public nor the planet. By our environment correspondent, … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 London elections, Bexley, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Coulsdon, Environment, Health, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Susan Hall, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Police investigating 300+ cases of ULEZ camera vandalism

Criminal damage to public property in Greater London could cost taxpayers tens of millions. The Metropolitan Police is investigating more than 300 cases of vandalism and theft of CCTV cameras, which have been installed as part of the expansion of … Continue reading

Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, TfL, Transport, ULEZ | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

London Mayor announces extra £50m for ULEZ scrappage

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a “huge expansion” of his ULEZ scrappage scheme, with an extra £50million ahead of the extension of the zone later this month – meaning every Londoner with a non-compliant car can receive £2,000 towards … Continue reading

Posted in Bromley Council, Commuting, Environment, Leonie Cooper, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Driven to distraction, pro-car Tories are bad for your health

ANDREW FISHER on how the latest manifestation of ‘culture wars’, with attacks on anti-pollution policies and safer roads, smacks of desperation by failing politicians in Westminster and in Croydon The Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election is casting a long shadow … Continue reading

Posted in Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Tory councils wasted £1m on High Court challenge to ULEZ

Pro-pollution Tory politicians in and around London were dealt a heavy blow as a High Court judge dismissed their challenge against the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. The politically-inspired legal case is estimated to have cost Council Tax-payers … Continue reading

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Scientists put London on ‘high’ alert for dangerous air pollution

London has been placed on “high” alert for air pollution today – the 14th time the capital’s toxic air has reached dangerous levels in just five years. Those with lung or heart problems should reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors. … Continue reading

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Mayor Khan extends scrappage for businesses and families

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is broadening the scope of the scrappage scheme ahead of the expansion of ULEZ – the Ultra Low Emission Zone – to outer London boroughs in August. Under the terms of today’s announcement, around … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Croydon Central, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments