Fears for UK 'green' policies after shock by-election result

London (AFP) July 21, 2023

Contentious plans by London's mayor to extend a scheme taxing the use of the most polluting vehicles were being blamed Friday for costing his opposition Labour party Boris Johnson's old parliamentary seat. Sadiq Khan intends to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the whole of the British capital on August 29 - barring a last-ditch High Court bid to stop it. The scheme - first