Sadiq Khan will continue expansion of ULEZ in London even if it costs votes

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told Times Radio he'll carry on with the expansion of ULEZ in the capital, even if it costs him votes.

Speaking to Adam Boulton on Drive, the Labour Mayor was asked whether he would carry on with the policy, even if it cost him votes:

"The ULEZ policy is popular in London. I accept there are some people with concerns. We're trying to address those concerns after listening to those concerns. I'm going to carry on listening to the concerns of Londoners, but we can't kick the can down the road when it comes to addressing a public health emergency or tackling the climate emergency."

Sadiq Khan also defended his 'mate' campaign where men were encouraged to call out sexism and violence against women - saying men should take more personal responsibility:

"Absolutely. That campaign was devised after work with some expert behavioural scientists. What we've got to recognise is when you talk about violence against women and girls there is a massive spectrum. On the one extreme, it's the murders committed by men against women. As I said, one every three days across our country. But it starts with, you know, often sexist comments, banter. Often when men are together, they may use language which is inappropriate. That can spread to misogyny, sexism, sexual harassment of women and the like. And the point behind that campaign, it was the second phase of the campaign. The first part of the campaign was have a word, made with experts in the violence against women and girls sector, a coalition of experts advising us. And the key part of the first phase was, look, if you are in a situation where one of your friends is behaving in a way that's inappropriate, could be in a gym, could be in a shop, it could be in a bus. Have a word with yourself about why you aren't having a word with your mates. The second part of the campaign is saying to men, listen, if you're in an environment with just just men and one of you maybe acting in an inappropriate way in relation to sexist comments, sometimes, you know, humiliating that friend may not be the most effective way to change their behaviour, but, you know, in a nurturing way, say, listen mate what you said, it's not appropriate. You should reflect what you've said. We've got to accept Adam that, you know, actually the cause of of violence against women girls, is the attitudes of our gender. Sexism by men and so we can't just allow women to hold the responsibility of addressing the issue."

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