United States ambassadors in London are refusing to pay up the £3 million in congestion charge fines owed
Boris Johnson was hopeful that the Government would recoup the fines from America when they changed their London ambassador. The US still refuses to pay for the fine, saying that it is a tax which is ignored under certain diplomatic treaties. The US is not alone in their congestion charge debt. Russia owes £2.6 million, Japan £2.3 million. British officials in the states still have to pay their road tolls.