Sunak orders review of low traffic neighbourhoods in pro-motorist message

Rishi Sunak has ordered a reappraisal of debased postulation neighbourhoods, saying that helium is connected the broadside of drivers.

The premier curate told the Sunday Telegraph helium was supporting radical to "use their cars to bash each the things that substance to them".

LTNs purpose to trim traffic, successful portion by preventing drivers utilizing quieter residential roads arsenic through-routes.

But critics, including immoderate Conservatives MPs, reason they trim the state of motorists.

The remarks travel amid a sharpening statement betwixt the Tories and Labour implicit greenish policies aft the Uxbridge by-election past week.

Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan's plans to widen the capital's ultra-low emanation portion (Ulez) person been seen arsenic a cardinal origin successful the Conservative's constrictive victory.

Mr Sunak said helium had ordered the Department of Transport to reappraisal LTN policies, contrasting his attack with that of the Labour enactment who helium claimed were "quite anti-motorist".

"The immense bulk of radical successful the state usage their cars to get astir and are babelike connected cars," helium said, adding that vehicles are important successful galore parts of the country.

"I conscionable privation to marque definite radical cognize that I'm connected their broadside successful supporting them to usage their cars to bash each the things that substance to them," helium said.

LTNs person been utilized successful London since the 1970s, with much introduced successful 2020 arsenic portion of efforts to amended roadworthy information and aerial quality. Their usage has besides expanded extracurricular London.

Through the usage of barriers specified arsenic bollards and planters, arsenic good arsenic roadworthy signs and CCTV cameras, they purpose to promote radical to walk, rhythm oregon usage nationalist transport.

However, the adoption of the schemes has attracted the ire of immoderate Tory MPs, who person criticised the measurement arsenic attacks connected motorists.

Earlier this year, Conservative MP Nick Fletcher said they were portion of an "international socialist concept" that instrumentality distant idiosyncratic liberties.

In the Telegraph interview, Mr Sunak besides said helium was not readying to alteration the deadline for the 2030 prohibition connected the merchantability of caller petrol and diesels cars, pursuing calls from immoderate Conservatives to bash so.

"The 2030 people has been our argumentation for a agelong clip and continues to beryllium - we are not considering a hold to that date," helium said.

Mr Sunak's pro-motorist connection comes aft his enactment narrowly won the Uxbridge and Ruislip by-election aft successfully tapping into section concerns astir the enlargement of Ulez.

The strategy was introduced by erstwhile London Mayor Boris Johnson, but Mr Khan has sought to grow the strategy further into London arsenic portion of his efforts to amended aerial prime successful the capital.

But Labour person Sir Keir Starmer and different elder enactment figures person called connected Mr Khan to bespeak connected the argumentation pursuing the Uxbridge defeat.

City Hall has said that 90% of cars driving successful outer London comply with Ulez standards, which has been backed by the UK Statistics Authority - though the watchdog criticised the mayor implicit information transparency.

In the Sunday Telegraph interview, Mr Sunak said the strategy efficaciously levies charges to "take your kids to shot signifier oregon bash your play store oregon spot a GP".