The anti-Ulez vote helped Tories win in Uxbridge but has

A year after Boris Johnson’s old seat united against Labour in anger over Sadiq Khan’s emissions policy, voters are split

Six weeks may be a long time in politics, but for pedestrians trying to cross the dual carriageway to get to the shops and library on Yiewsley High Street, it feels even longer.

The traffic lights here haven’t been working since 3 May, when they were vandalised by anti-Ulez protesters. It’s a side-effect of the self-styled blade runners’ attacks on the cameras on top of the traffic lights put there to monitor cars as they come in and out of London’s ultra-low emission zone in Uxbridge.