The Conservatives are embroiled in a hypocrisy row over Rishi Sunak's support for a bill that aims to scale back Ulez and ban pay-per-mile road taxes, despite previous ministerial support for such schemes.
Rishi Sunak, accused of hypocrisy, had reportedly drawn up plans for a pay-per-mile road pricing system when he was chancellor, while a transport minister suggested a road pricing scheme for London.
Transport secretary Mark Harper ruled out introducing pay-per-mile schemes and promised to reverse the London mayor's Ulez expansion, despite Boris Johnson initially introducing Ulez as mayor.
The Conservatives' backing drivers bill is seen as an attempt to secure core support, amidst concerns of an election loss, aiming to protect drivers from what they describe as 'draconian policies' of local Labour politicians.
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