Over 12,000 Londoners Denied Grant Funding For ULEZ Car Upgrades, Reveals TfL Data

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Protesters display signage criticising the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the ULEZ expansion in Whitehall, London, on Aug 29 2023. Joseph Robertson/The Epoch Times

Over 12,000 Londoners seeking financial assistance for car upgrades to comply with Sadiq Khan’s expanded ULEZ restrictions are facing repeated denials of grant funding, according to new data from Transport for London (TfL).

The figures reveal that 12,493 individuals submitted applications multiple times, only to be rejected on each occasion. In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request released last Thursday, TfL stated: “The table shows that 12,493 people have had their scrappage applications rejected more than once. We aim to accept or decline scrappage applications within ten working days and have a robust process in place to verify the documents we receive as part of our measures to guard against fraud.