It has been a year this week since London’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) was controversially extended to the boundary with Kent and the other home counties. Alex Langridge takes a look at the impact the expansion has had and at what cost it has come to small business owners in the county who feared they would be hit hard in the pocket. The ULEZ is an emission-based charging scheme in the capital that requires certain polluting vehicles declared to have high emissions driving within the zone to pay a daily charge of £12.50. It has operated since April 2019 but initially only covered the same …
