Sadiq Khan’s proposal to charge non-Londoners £3.50 each day they drive into the capital would be deeply damaging to Havering and Redbridge.

Only a mayor who doesn’t understand Outer London could suggest such a plan to fix Transport for London’s finances.

The mayor’s proposal would hammer struggling local businesses who rely on trade from people outside of Greater London.

By penalising people for visiting places like Romford Market – which brings people into Havering – Khan’s charge risks wrecking livelihoods when he should be helping to protect jobs.

To make matters worse, Khan’s charge would create an invisible wall around Greater London. Many people from outside the capital drive into Havering and Redbridge to go to work, care for relatives, get medical help, and visit loved ones.

As residents in Greater London, we may not be directly affected by Khan’s fee, but our local businesses, family and community will be paying the price for it.

Instead of introducing a punitive charge to fix TfL’s finances, the mayor ought to cut the transport network’s waste. Sadiq Khan could save millions of pounds by reforming TfL’s pensions, reducing trade union facility time and scrapping perks.

Sadiq Khan is wrong to claim coronavirus is the sole reason for the transport network’s financial woes.

His mismanagement of TfL for the past four years cost our city billions of pounds in waste, bailouts and lost revenue.

It’s wrong and unfair for Khan to expect Londoners to pay the price for his terrible management of TfL.

To stop Khan’s proposal, we need to elect Shaun Bailey as the next Mayor of London.

He has pledged to scrap this regressive tax on families and businesses on day one. We can’t afford to let Khan introduce his boundary charge.