Uxbridge and South Ruislip: Has Ulez left a bitter taste in this London marginal?

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Uxbridge & South Ruislip voters head to the polls for the second time in a year in this tight race.

There is plenty of choice at the fruit and veg stall outside Uxbridge Tube station in west London - much like on the political market here where eight candidates are standing to become the local MP.

He said: "I have all the sympathy people coming here due to their poverty… but this is a tiny island." The Labour mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand the Ulez to outer London last summer was viewed by both the Labour leader and the Conservatives as a reason why Labour did not manage to win. The local candidate Mr Beales expressed concerns at the time and the leader Sir Keir Starmer urged Mr Khan "to reflect" on whether there was "more to be done" to help motorists.On Uxbridge High Street for a canvassing session, Mr Beales told me the expansion of the scrappage scheme "was positive" but all governments needed to provide more support "to transition our vehicles".

Jessica, aged 19, said: "People I'm very close with, it's important that they get the support they need to be able to live a comfortable place." The Liberal Democrat candidate, Ian Rex-Hawkes, said the hospital was "falling apart" and "staff were overworked and underpaid".

 

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