Sadiq could soon pave the way for a new Labour tax grab

It started with the UK’s first parking meter, installed in Mayfair in 1958, followed by the first bus lane on Vauxhall Bridge in 1968. Then, of course, came Ken Livingstone’s congestion charge, first introduced in 2003. More recently, motorists have been introduced to the joys of the Ulez low-emission charge, imposed in 2019.