Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall clash over plan to make electric vehicles pay congestion charge

Sadiq Khan has been accused of continuing to fight a “war on the motorist”, as he faced criticism over plans to remove the congestion charge exemption for electric vehicles.

The London mayor’s former opponent, Tory assembly member Susan Hall, raised the issue at City Hall on Thursday, as she cited arguments from environmentalists who called the move “puzzling”.

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