Foreign embassy congestion charge debt to TfL now exceeds £150 million

The latest list of outstanding congestion charge payments owed by overseas embassies based in London has reached £152 million as of September 2024, up from £143 million a year ago.
Congestion charge sign at Fairchild Place, Shoreditch
Although the congestion charge is applied to road vehicles entering the congestion zone, many embassies argue that it’s not a charge but a tax, and embassies are exempt from paying domestic taxes under the terms of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Di