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LEFTY councils that force anti-car schemes on drivers face losing their funding in a new crackdown.

Town hall bosses must get support from residents for controversial schemes like Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph speed limits.

EMBARGOED TO 0001 SATURDAY DECEMBER 23 File photo dated 06/04/19 of an information sign at Tower Hill in central London for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez). The Mayor of London has pledged his support to send 4x4s and other vehicles to Ukraine that would otherwise be scrapped under the Ulez scheme. Issue date: Saturday December 23, 2023. PA Photo. In an apparent U-turn, Sadiq Khan has asked the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, to enable Londoners, and others across the country, to donate suitable vehicles to Ukraine through scrappage schemes. The mayor had previously made it clear he did not believe altering the Ulez scheme for exporting vehicles would be possible under current laws. See PA story Transport Ulez Ukraine. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
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Following backlash to eco-projects like London Mayor Sadiq Khan's Ulez scheme, town hall bosses must get supports from residents for controversial anti-car schemesCredit: Yui Mok / PA Wire

The Department for Transport has published draft guidance set to come into force this summer.

Under powers from the Traffic Management Act, the Government could even take control of an authority’s roads deemed to be widely mismanaged.

It follows a backlash over eco-projects such as Sadiq Khan’s Ulez scheme across London.

And it is a victory for The Sun’s Give Us A Brake campaign calling for drivers to be protected from a rush to net zero before the country is ready.

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Ministers have also announced £50 million to upgrade traffic lights.

And consultations are being launched to stop councils using drivers as “cash cows” through traffic restrictions like yellow box junctions.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the legislation would be “raising the bar” on ensuring schemes work for people in those communities.

He added: “We’re on the side of drivers, and these latest measures show we’re getting on with delivering what we promised in our Plan for Drivers – making their lives better, fairer and cheaper, and helping people travel in the way that works best for them.”

But Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh criticised it as “a blatant and desperate attempt to distract people from a Government that has run out of road”.

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