Claim: Grant Shapps ordered Sadiq Khan to extend ULEZ.
Fact-check: Government funding agreement did not force Sadiq Khan to extend ULEZ to cover all of Greater London - Full Fact
Verdict: while a funding agreement between the government and transport for london in 2020 did state that proposals to expand ulez should be brought forward, the department for transport says this referred to existing plans to extend the boundary as far as the north and south circular roads, not the expansion across all of greater london which is set to take place later this month.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-08-09T00:00:00