GMB union boss savages Labour mayor Sadiq Khan over 'unfair' Ulez expansion in Londonistan as he warns it is hammering NHS staff and other struggling workers
GMB general secretary Gary Smith said fee was worrying workers
A senior trade union leader has lashed out at the expansion of London's Ulez vehicle charge by Labour mayor Sadiq Khan.
GMB general secretary Gary Smith said last month's expansion of the £12.50 daily fee was worrying workers already being hammered by the cost-of-living crisis.
Mr Khan pressed ahead with the roll-out of the scheme to all London boroughs last month despite a wave of protests.
Mr Smith told Sky News' Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge that he accepted the need to deal with air pollution and climate change but financial concerns also had to be taken into account.
'We don't want to have dirty air in our cities but we have to listen to the legitimate concerns of ordinary people many of whom are struggling to get by,' he said.
'And I listen to our delivery man drivers, other people who are doing deliveries in our city centres, I listen to workers who are on shifts, care workers in the NHS and many of them are concerned that ULEZ and the way it's been introduced could put extra financial burden on them.
'So we need to make sure that in any transition, it is done fairly, and people believe they're getting a fair and reasonable deal. And that's not what has happened so far.'
