A number of vehicles handed over for destruction under the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) scrappage scheme will soon be sent to Ukraine, Sadiq Khan has announced.
Among the vehicles to go to the warzone will be 50 decommissioned ambulances from the London Ambulance Service, with 10 planned to be sent in the next few weeks, and a further 40 by the end of the summer.
Among the vehicles to go to the warzone will be 50 decommissioned ambulances from the London Ambulance Service, with 10 planned to be sent in the next few weeks, and a further 40 by the end of the summer.
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00:00 I'm really pleased and proud of the last two years support London has shown those from Ukraine,
00:04 opening up their homes, their communities, their schools, their hearts to those from Ukraine.
00:10 I'm really pleased also that the government's agreed that we can send any non-ULUS compliant
00:16 vehicles to Ukraine, working with the British Ukrainian Aid Charity. The London Ambulance
00:22 Service will send 50 non-ULUS compliant ambulances to Ukraine very soon. The first 10 will be going
00:28 in the next few weeks. I've set aside an additional £50 million towards the scrappage scheme,
00:33 so if any Londoner still has a non-ULUS compliant vehicle and wants to send it to Ukraine,
00:38 they can contact TfL, the British Ukrainian Aid Charity, and they'll ensure you get the right
00:43 certification to be eligible for the scrappage fund, but also you can be confident that vehicle
00:48 will end up in Ukraine. What's really important though is that we understand that we can have
00:53 neighbours and friends and work colleagues who have fled Ukraine, I think we should carry on
00:58 supporting them.