Mayor of London's polluting car scrappage scheme opens

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has opened his car scrappage scheme, allowing low-income and disabled Londoners up to £2,000 for scrapping an older, more polluting car or motorcycle.

The scrappage scheme aims to help Londoners on low incomes or with disabilities, ahead of the Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion in 2021 up to the North and South Circular roads. The scheme will run alongside the existing £23m fund for micro businesses, sole traders and charity owners who want to scrap older vans.

Motorists can apply for: £1,000 for scrapping a motorcycle or moped or £2,000 for scrapping a car.

Alongside this, eligible applicants will be able to take advantage of a number of other offers and benefits such as one year’s free membership of Santander Cycles for all journeys up to 30 minutes.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “Despite the lack of Government support, our car and motorcycle scrappage scheme will enable low-income and disabled Londoners to scrap their older, polluting vehicles and switch to cleaner versions.
 
“We need Government Ministers to follow London’s lead and help clean our filthy air once and for all, by toughening up targets to meet the WHO air quality guidelines by 2030 and supporting a national vehicle renewal fund that will help all UK motorists to ditch their polluting cars.”