Grant Shapps is planning to slap a Tory Transport Tax on all households in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to balance Transport for London's (TfL) books. However, he is not asking commuters from outside London to pay their fair share.

This is another disastrous policy from the Conservatives which, in addition to their plans to extend the congestion charge to the South Circular and to scrap free travel for Under-18s, will hit local residents hard in the pocket when they're already reeling from the financial impact of Covid19.

Kingston Liberal Democrats are united in their opposition to the Tory Transport Tax.

We, the undersigned, call on the Government to scrap their plans slap a Tory Transport Tax on all households in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to balance TfL's books.