Remove the ability for councils and Mayors' to introduce road charging schemes

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Councils across the country are or have introduced congestion charging and charges for Ultra Low Emission Zones. As this affects people from outside the affected Boroughs, it is undemocratic as they are unable to exert voter influence and to be able to vote those Mayors and councils out of office.

These charges also affect those travelling into the area, whether for work, visiting relatives or pleasure/sight seeing etc. It is an unfair tax on the poorer members of society, who can ill afford the purchase of compliant vehicles for what are debateable reasons. There are plenty of professionals that disagree with the reasoning behind the claims, which in the case of London's ULEZ, have proven to be untrue.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Repeal Part 3 of the Transport Act 2000 on road user charging: Repeal Part 3 of the Transport Act 2000 on road user charging

Amend the 1999 GLA Act to remove the Mayor's power to impose road use charges: Amend the 1999 GLA Act to remove the Mayor's power to impose road use charges

Timeline

29 Jul 2023	Petition opened for signatures
1 Aug 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Aug 2023

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