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Drivers are being slapped with 500,000 fines from London tolls as Labour Party Mayor Sadiq Khan is accused of launching a "war on motorists'".

About 500,000 penalty tickets have been issued to motorists for failing to pay the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls. Khan introduced the charges on April 7 – meaning drivers had to pay to use the nearby Blackwall tunnel for the first time in more than 120 years.

However TfL sent drivers a warning letter rather than a £180 fine for the next few weeks under a “grace period” – with penalty charge notices (PCNs) not being issued until April 30.

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Now it has emerged that about 100,000 penalties a month have been issued to drivers who failed to pay the le

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