Those driving non-compliant vehicles will have to pay £12.5 a day. It is estimated there are currently 30,000 non-compliant vehicles within the expanded ULEZ area.

Speaking on The Clive Holland Show, Bradley Jones, an electrical contractor working in London vented his frustration.

“During the cost-of-living crisis… to turn round to people that are working to provide for their families, and then to be told that they have to upgrade their vehicles… It is scandalous, it is a disgrace! And it really does make me so angry!”

Jones’ opinion that the plan to expand ULEZ was a cynical cash grab was echoed by listeners to the show. Regular contributor Danny Madden messaged in saying; “This ULEZ charge has cost me £26k plus VAT for a second-hand compliant truck when there is absolutely nothing wrong with my previous one!”

“It’s another way to tax the trades,” he raged.

RD Painting Decorating chimed in on Fix Radio's Instagram account: “Another government money grab. I live just outside of London. Refuse all London work because of parking, traffic, congestion charge. They’ve just added another reason for tradies to not bother with an even bigger part of London.”

Stiff resistance to the expansion of ULEZ is to be expected – 60% of those that responded to the public consultation on the plan were opposed to it.

70% of residents and 80% of workers in Outer London are opposed of the idea.

Despite the opposition, Khan is determined to go ahead saying that toxic air pollution needs to be tackled as it is “leading to thousands of deaths”, every year.

Also appearing on the show was chief customer and strategy officer for Transport for London (TFL), Alex Williams. He was keen to defend the ULEZ expansion, emphasising that the TFL doesn’t want people to pay the charge – it wants cleaner air.

“What we have in London and other major cities is an invisible killer – toxic air. This scheme is about reducing the amount of toxic air,” he added.

Williams championed the ‘Scrapping Scheme’ unveiled on Monday, to help vulnerable people and small businesses shift to a compliant alternative. The mayor has earmarked £110 million to help London residents shift from older polluting vehicles.

“It is £5k for a van if you want scrap it, and if you are shifting to an electric vehicle, it is £7,500. It is quite a substantial cash contribution to shift towards a cleaner vehicle,” explained Williams.

Despite the public health argument, the response from tradespeople was overwhelming sceptical. Jones claimed that despite the introduction of low emission zones and congestion charges, “London was more polluted than ever.”

He also warned that tradespeople would have to pass the extra cost on to their customers. Even though this made even simple jobs expensive.

“We have no option unfortunately, but to pass that cost on to our customers. Sometimes it makes our invoice look inflated. A very small job turns into a £150-£160 quid and you look at it and think ‘that is a bit steep.’ But what else can we do mate? It’s that, or it comes out of our money,” explained Jones

Please click below to hear Clive Holland's final thought on ULEZ.

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