CONSERVATIVE candidate for London mayor Susan Hall has pledged to fight back against anti-car policies such as the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) expansion should she win the top job.

Speaking on GB News, Ms Hall pledged to do “everything she can” to tackle policies that hinder motorists.

The zone was significantly expanded on August 29, with all London boroughs now covered.

“I’d stop the Ulez expansion on day one. LTNs (Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods) are within the control of local councils but I would absolutely do everything I could to remove them”, she told Camilla Tominey.

“Ulez was brought in for inner London, there’s buses everywhere and tube stations, those on the outskirts of London don’t have the same offer of public transport.

“That’s the difference and that’s what Sadiq Khan doesn’t understand.”

Hall went on to comment on 20mph zones after a major expansion across London last week, dubbing them “ridiculous” in certain locations.

“I do wonder whether these are cash grabs as well”, she said.

“£200 million has been put into the budget for how much they think they will make from the first year.

“This is nothing but a tax on the poorest of Londoners.”

Questioned by Camilla Tominey about Sadiq Khan’s suggestion that the measures have been put in place to combat pollution, Hall insists that his own impact assessment suggests it will make “no difference whatsoever”.

“The £2,000 scrappage scheme doesn’t buy you a compliant car”, she said.

“He just doesn’t listen, he doesn’t understand, this is a tax on poorer Londoners.”