Every Londoner now owed £8 by embassies

A press release brings the news from Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon:

The amount of unpaid Congestion Charge and penalty charge notices owed by embassies and diplomatic missions that evade paying the Congestion Charge is now more than £60 million, according to new figures obtained by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group. Every single Londoner is owed more than £8 by non paying embassies and diplomatic missions…

Commenting on the escalating bill owed by embassies and diplomatic missions Caroline Pidgeon said:

“Too many overseas embassies are insulting Londoners by evading a charge which everyone else – including the Queen – has to pay if they wish to drive in central London…

“Back in December 2009 the London Assembly called on Boris Johnson to write to every head of state which had an embassy in London that didn’t pay the Congestion Charge and told the Mayor to publish online the responses he received. Boris Johnson rejected this plan and has instead allowed the unpaid Congestion Charge bill to soar.”