London's New Mayor Scraps City CO2 Charge. By Stephen Addison, Reuters, July 8, 2008. "Mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped plans to increase the central London congestion charge to £25 ($51) a day for owners of gas-guzzling cars. The CO2 charge, brainchild of former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, was due to have come into effect in October. As well as penalising bigger and faster cars, it would have scrapped the normal £8 ($16.50) charge for small, fuel-efficient vehicles... The Conservatives had pledged to scrap the CO2 charge in Johnson's election manifesto. He was elected in May... The discount for alternative fuel vehicles will remain in place and the existing Congestion Charge scheme, first introduced in 1993, will not be affected."
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