Sadiq Khan says Londoners were ‘educated about air pollution’ as he lectures New York climate change conference on ULEZ (after he and his team rack up 41,412 air miles jetting to US) [Video]

By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent and Eirian Jane Prosser For Mailonline 09:39 EDT 19 Sep 2023 , updated 10:41 EDT 19 Sep 2023

Sadiq Khan has said Londoners had to be ‘educated’ into supporting policies to tackle air pollution like ULEZ. 

The Mayor is in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit – a decision that has attracted criticism due to the 41,412 air miles he and his team will rack up. 

At an event on Sunday, the Labour politician said he had faced hostility ‘from a vocal minority drowning out a silent majority’ on London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). 

‘In London, we spent some time educating people about the consequences of air pollution that are linked to climate change,’ he said.

‘Once they were aware it wasn’t just an environmental but also a health crisis, we had permission to bring in bold policies.’