Labour 'war on motorists' will ramp up and hit three professions worst

Labour is stepping up its war on motorists and it's going to hit plumbers, electricians and delivery drivers, an expert has warned. The new Labour Party government and the new Transport Secretary "likes the chaos her party created in Wales with its 20 mph speed limits and has told England's Councils they can do the same if they wish", GB News has reported.

John Redwood said the blanket imposition of 20mph zones in Wales led to more congestion. Sir John was the Conservative Party MP for Wokingham from 1987 to 2024 and has spoken out, saying: "There will doubtless be more taxpayer money flung at local government to close roads, put in new cycle lanes on narrow main roads, take out lanes, restrict junctions, and install more bollards," he said.

He warned: "Many self-employed and small businesses need to get to their clients and customers by van. We all benefit from plumbers and electricians, delivery drivers and repairers being able to get to our homes. If traffic is too congested and too slow they can fit in fewer of us. Some get fed up with too much of a working day spent in a traffic jam so they retire early or do something else."

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"Given how desperate they are to spend more of our money they will not let the battery car owner off. All of us may end up paying a mileage charge as well as they seek to drive people on lower incomes off the roads altogether," he said. Transport secretary Louise Haigh has pledged to reverse the previous government's clampdown on 20mph speed limit zones and low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), indicating investment may be available in the forthcoming Autumn Budget.

Haigh accused her predecessor of stoking “really horrific culture wars”, adding that councils will have her “absolute support” and “full backing” to introduce LTNs. “They had the government actively working against them, saying ‘No, you’re not allowed to roll out 20mph zones, no you’re not allowed to roll out LTNs’”, she told the Streets Ahead podcast.