Anti-Ulez activists fight back against Khan's depraved plan by covering CCTV in stickers

Cameras have been put up across the capital in anticipation of Khan’s Ulez expansion on August 29.

Motorists across London will soon need to pay the charge if their vehicle is not compliant with emissions limits.

The black cameras have since been covered with stickers bearing the words “FCUK Khan”.

Posters have also been put on poles which point to the cameras with the words “spy camera”.

Despite a backlash from voters in last month’s Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election, Khan’s policy is being rolled out in just a few days time as motorists in the neighbouring Home Counties also look set to pay the levy.

The Government, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Transport Secretary Mark Harper, have been urged to step in to help Londoners before it is too late.

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A plan to use a legal loophole to reject the Mayor’s policy was rejected last week after GB News' political editor Christopher Hope revealed that Government lawyers had warned ministers their legal challenges would fail in the courts.

Government lawyers concluded the courts would likely consider the move an act of constitutional overreach as Sunak is also promoting air pollution improvement moves.

Despite Ulez potentially being in line with wider Government policy, Sunak urged Khan to "think twice" about the policy.

The Prime Minister also told drivers he was "on their side" following the Tory Party's surprising victory in Uxbridge & South Ruislip last month.

However, No10 is still being urged to step in ahead of the major change on August 29.

"We have and continue to look at options but they are limited," a Downing Street source told The Telegraph.

"The people who could stop this tomorrow are the Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer."

A spokesman from the Department for Transport also said: "It is for the mayor to justify the Ulez expansion, and at a time when the Government is doing everything it can to support people with the cost of living, the Mayor is responsible for explaining whether it is fair to charge those with non-compliant vehicles £12.50 every time they drive in London."