Transport Secretary Mark Harper announces the plan, saying the Conservatives 'will back drivers'.
Outer London's Ultra Low Emission Zone will be scrapped if the Conservatives are re-elected to government, the party has announced.
"We will reverse Sadiq Khan's unfair Ulez expansion and rule out any blanket 20mph zones because we are on the drivers' side," he said. “Labour is on the side of drivers. We will leave decisions on safe school streets and local traffic measures to local communities - not politicians in Westminster.”Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said: "The Conservatives have had a year to do this since the Labour mayor brought it in; they've not done it.
“Londoners like breathing cleaner air and have just voted in May overwhelmingly in favour of parties that support our London-wide clean air zone."was expanded to include outer London. It previously covered the area between the A406 North Circular and A205 South Circular roads.
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