Submitted on Sunday 17th May 2020
Rejected on Friday 5th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop London Congestion Charge price increase, and weekend and evening charging.
It is beyond belief that in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic, the London Mayor has chosen this moment to:
a) increase the price of the London Congestion Charge from £11.50 to £15.
b) Extend the time charging finishes daily from 6pm to 10pm.
c) Start charging on Saturdays and Sundays.
We plead with the Government to explore all powers available to it, as a matter of extreme urgency, to ensure that these draconian changes to the hours, days and pricing of the London Congestion Charge are not implemented.
Not only will these changes encourage further overcrowding of public transport, thus leading to greater infection rates, but central London's night-time and weekend economy DESPERATELY needs all the help it can get. This non-democratic measure will have the opposite effect.
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The Government has agreed a package consisting of a mixture of grants and loans based upon a series of conditions agreed by the mayor, including the reinstatement of the congestion charge: www.gov.uk/government/news/government-grants-transport-for-london-funding-package
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