Clean air zone will cover whole capital from 29 August, pitting health against household finances

As the old prayer might have put it: Lord, give us cleaner air – but not just yet. To the joy of some and the dismay of others, six months from now, London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will extend across the entire capital.

Few recent political decisions aside from Brexit have proved so divisive. Is it a difficult but necessary move that will improve the health of millions; or a squeeze on thousands of cash-strapped suburban Londoners?

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