You’re not a mayor, you’re a conman! Watch as Sadiq Khan is heckled by female lorry driver over hated ULEZ £12.50-a-day expansion plan before she’s escorted out by security

• Decision to push ahead with controversial expansion has been met with anger
• Sadiq Khan was heckled over the plans during an event at City Hall today

This is the moment Sadiq Khan is blasted a ‘conman’ over his plans to expand the ULEZ zone as he was heckled by a lorry driver during a cost-of-living event. 

The Mayor of London’s decision to push ahead with the controversial expansion to the whole of Greater London, despite families battling the cost-of-living crisis, has been met with widespread anger.

And today Mr Khan was sat on stage alongside Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis to answer questions on the cost-of-living crisis at City Hall when Angie Donnelly, a 58-year-old lorry driver, was escorted from the venue.

As she walked out the hall alongside a security guard, she shouted: ‘You’re not a mayor, you’re not a people person, you’re a conman.’

The plans, due to be introduced in late August, will see a £12.50 daily fee for vehicles not meeting minimum requirements.

Mr Khan (sat left) was sat on stage alongside Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis (sat right) to answer questions on the cost-of-living crisis at City Hall

It comes as fears have been expressed about the financial hit for emergency workers – such as nurses driving to hospitals for night shifts – as well tradespeople who need to take vans into the capital.

Roads Minister Richard Holden also this week revealed that Tory MPs and councillors are ‘apoplectic’ about Mr Khan’s decision.

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He told LBC: ‘He (Mr Khan) has his own mandate, elected by people in London, but he has got to justify his actions. I know a lot of my Conservative colleagues, both councillors and MPs, have spoken to me about it and are apoplectic about what he is planning because it will really impact on hard working people.’

‘I think of nurses who have to cross that boundary just to see people or care workers. I think the Mayor of London should think again.’

Mr Khan is also under pressure to rethink the expansion after Tories at City Hall claimed the mayor’s own consultation showed 80 per cent of local businesses and employees in outer London were opposed. 

The London Mayor, though, has dismissed anger and hit out at ‘vested interests’. 

He was this week quizzed about the Transport for London consultation by the House of Commons’ Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee.

 ‘Here’s the difference, a brave strong leader doesn’t rely upon referenda to decide policy,’ he said, as he made a comparison with the Brexit vote.

‘It was a consultation, not a referenda. It’s a weak, ineffectual leader who throws red meat to his party and is scared of [Nigel] Farage – that’s a referendum.’

Angie Donnelly, a 58-year-old lorry driver, heckled the Mayor as she was escorted from the venue today

Ms Donnelly looked back towards the stage and shouted: ‘You’re not a mayor, you’re not a people person, you’re a conman’

The ultra-low emission zone is to be expanded in August to cover the whole of Greater London – seen here in purple 

Richard Holden, Roads Minister and MP for North West Durham, has slammed the Mayor’s expansion

‘A bold leader takes tough decisions. I’ve taken a tough decision and I stand by it.’

Mr Khan described toxic air as a ‘killer’ and compared his expansion of ULEZ to the 2007 ban on smoking in public places.

TfL has introduced a new scrappage scheme that will offer motorists up to £5,000 to scrap or upgrade their vehicle in order to meet ULEZ requirements.

But the London mayor claimed none of the £110million fund was being provided by central Government.

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