Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of making false statements amid the capital's ultra-low emission zone expansion (ULEZ).
The claims made by Conservatives came after documents were released that they say prove Mr Khan and his deputy, Seb Dance, made “untrue and dishonest” comments in telling the London Assembly they had not been briefed in advance on the interim results of a consultation into extending the ULEZ.
The Tories claim that the “internal correspondence” shows the mayor was “secretly briefed” about the findings on September 29 last year, a fortnight before he told the London Assembly “I have not seen the results”.
The Mayor's office has been accused of responding to the interim results by launching a 165,000 digital marketing campaign in the final weeks of the consultation.
They shared that they focused their marketing campaign on demographics that are "most likely to support the Ulez expansion".
The Tories also claimed that the mayor’s office “manipulated” the final results by excluding some so-called “campaign responses”, which lowered the level of opposition in the final count from 62% to 59%.
Saying that the policies are “vulnerable to being struck down in a judicial review” if consultations are not conducted in a “fair and impartial way”.
As transport spokesperson for the Conservatives in City Hall, Nick Rogers said: "We now have overwhelming evidence that Sadiq Khan has committed serious misconduct, by violating the integrity of the...
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