The data relating to ULEZ’s efficacy in terms of improving air quality is in the link I sent previously.

I have no idea what happens further down the line - it will depend who’s in power at the time.

Sure, you could argue those people are a little hard done by.

A bit of context here that the majority of Londoners support the expansion; [Link]

The number of people who are actually going to be impacted by it (ie. people who have non-compliant cars) is being grossly exaggerated, wilfully, because it's an easy stick to beat Labour with at the moment - this expansion has no effect on the vast, vast majority of the country, or indeed Londoners, but it's been easy enough for our wonderful unbiased media to make it the biggest talking point in politics currently.

Starmer/Labour have made an absolute pigs ear of their positioning on this, as they do with everything at the moment, and the Tory media have done their job in getting everyone unduly outraged about it, despite it not even being a Labour policy and despite it not affecting most people.

You could point to plenty of Tory policies and actions over the last few years which have had a considerably bigger impact on the average person's finances, but haven't caused even half of much outrage - funny that.

TE, I have tried to find this exemption on the TFL website, but I couldn’t see that there was an exemption for religious visits. The article may be spoof but I will remain on alert for any definite evidence of such conditions.
As an aside people driving into London from outside will be impacted if they have a non compliant and I’m not sure if tfl have the data on that.

A bit of context here that the majority of Londoners support the expansion; [Link]

The number of people who are actually going to be impacted by it (ie. people who have non-compliant cars) is being grossly exaggerated, wilfully, because it's an easy stick to beat Labour with at the moment - this expansion has no effect on the vast, vast majority of the country, or indeed Londoners, but it's been easy enough for our wonderful unbiased media to make it the biggest talking point in politics currently.

Starmer/Labour have made an absolute pigs ear of their positioning on this, as they do with everything at the moment, and the Tory media have done their job in getting everyone unduly outraged about it, despite it not even being a Labour policy and despite it not affecting most people.

You could point to plenty of Tory policies and actions over the last few years which have had a considerably bigger impact on the average person's finances, but haven't caused even half of much outrage - funny that.

The ULEZ expansion has nothing to do with air quality. Why would you spend £160m + on a network of cameras that are only there to pick up on a very small minority of cars travelling through the area.

The camera network is of course the pre cursor to a pay per mile scheme for all cars that will undoubtedly be introduced within the next 5-10 years. It won’t matter if you have an electric or hydrogen car, you will eventually be charged to travel everywhere in the new ULEZ area.

If this sounds far fetched then check out the jobs pages for TFL and they are already looking for staff to be involved in designing and implementing such a scheme.

All the other bluster about charging the occasional aged car for a journey through the zone is just a weak cover for what is to come.

We have decided to move further south and get away from it. Hopefully the Sussex countryside won’t be pay per mile before I pop me clogs.

Very interesting thank you.
The Sussex countryside is great, albeit large swaths have disappeared under concrete. The roadworks have blighted the area recently but hopefully they will disappear soon. I made the move from Croydon 30 years ago and have not regretted it once. Depending where you are moving to, if you need any information will be glad to help.