believing of entering central London in your vehicle or little van, then driving it for a mile or two (or just a few feet), prior to car parking in a peaceful side street from morning up until early evening? then I requirement to warn you that commuters as well as others who do so can quickly pay £100-plus each day – £500 a week, circa two grand each month, in excess of £24,000 annually.
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As of yesterday, the motorist-loathing Mayor of London increased his congestion fee by an inflation-shattering 30 per cent. It now stands at £15 each day as well as operates seven days a week, from 7am to 10pm – whether the roads are congested or not. Bizarrely, even if somebody is driving from the inside to the outside of the capital, thereby doing their bit to assist reduce inner city jams, he or she still pays the £15 charge.
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Why the colossal cost hike this week? Why only now the decision to likewise slap the fee on drivers travelling at weekends, or late into the night when the commuter web traffic jams are long gone? sheer greed? Cynically seizing an chance to lawfully mug motorists whose extra millions are needed to assist prop up Mayor Sadiq Khan as well as his transfer for London (TfL).