Blame it on the Ulez

An ambitious policy to clean up London's air is being blamed for a Labour party loss in the outer boroughs

The Great Smog of 1952. Let’s not go back here. Photo by Daily Mirror Library/Mirrorpix via Getty Images.

In February 2003, then London mayor Ken Livingstone introduced a new charge of £5 per day on motorists entering central London. Two decades on, the congestion charge is an unqualified success. City transit regulator Transport for London (TfL) credits…