The row between the Tories and Labour over Sadiq Khan’s plans to implement a pay-per mile policy in London continues. Labour have today referred the Tories to the CPS for the below tweet, which they call a “lie“. Some good photoshopping work from the team Susan on display…

Labour are trying very hard to convince voters that Khan won’t implement the policy. The rebuttal to that claim comes from… Khan’s own book:

“We need to go further. And we intend to. We have plans to make public transport better and more appealing, plans for a further £3 million mass-tree-planting initiative, and plans to introduce a new, more comprehensive road-user charging system, to be implemented by the end of the decade at the latest.“

On top of his fervent support for the idea, Khan has committed TfL to “investigate proposals for the next generation of road user charging” in a legally binding transport strategy document. The Tories say of Labour’s CPS referral: “Londoners will see through this; Sadiq Khan’s record of dishonesty speaks for itself.” It would be hardly the first broken promise – Khan said he had no plans to expand ULEZ in 2021 and then did it anyway…

Hat-tip: James Heale