Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
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Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the stir was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instant act to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for powerless measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected stir to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrical Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were coerced to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the filthiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantaneously to reduce emissions.
Welcome begin but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to come in areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more slickly to reduce pollution.
The expected budge to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enlargening signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrified Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the fattest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong act in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
Britain to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040, The Independent
Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
The Independent Online
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Police thank ‘heroic’ nurse Alex Wubbels who stood up to officer
North Korea now a ‘global threat’, says UN nuclear watchdog
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Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the budge was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instantaneous act to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for powerless measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected budge to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrified Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were compelled to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the filthiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantly to reduce emissions.
Welcome begin but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to come in areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more sleekly to reduce pollution.
The expected budge to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrified Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong act in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
Britain to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040, The Independent
Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
The Independent Online
Popular movies
Police thank ‘heroic’ nurse Alex Wubbels who stood up to officer
North Korea now a ‘global threat’, says UN nuclear watchdog
Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’, says US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley
China lodges ‘stern representations’ with North Korea
Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the stir was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instantaneous act to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for feeble measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected budge to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrified Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were coerced to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the muddiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantly to reduce emissions.
Welcome commence but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to come in areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more sleekly to reduce pollution.
The expected budge to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrified Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong act in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
Britain to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040, The Independent
Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
The Independent Online
Popular movies
Police thank ‘heroic’ nurse Alex Wubbels who stood up to officer
North Korea now a ‘global threat’, says UN nuclear watchdog
Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’, says US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley
China lodges ‘stern representations’ with North Korea
Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the budge was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instantaneous act to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for powerless measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected budge to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enlargening signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrified Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were coerced to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the muddiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantaneously to reduce emissions.
Welcome begin but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to come in areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more sleekly to reduce pollution.
The expected stir to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrified vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrical Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the thickest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong activity in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
Britain to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040, The Independent
Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
The Independent Online
Popular movies
Police thank ‘heroic’ nurse Alex Wubbels who stood up to officer
North Korea now a ‘global threat’, says UN nuclear watchdog
Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’, says US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley
China lodges ‘stern representations’ with North Korea
Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the budge was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instantaneous act to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for feeble measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected stir to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrified Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were compelled to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the filthiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantly to reduce emissions.
Welcome begin but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to inject areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more slickly to reduce pollution.
The expected budge to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrified Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the fattest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong activity in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
Britain to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040, The Independent
Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’
Sales of fresh cars and lorries that rely on fossil fuels will be outlawed in a bid to reduce pollution
- Emily Beament, Harriet Agerholm
- Tuesday twenty five July two thousand seventeen 22:00 BST
The Independent Online
Popular movies
Police thank ‘heroic’ nurse Alex Wubbels who stood up to officer
North Korea now a ‘global threat’, says UN nuclear watchdog
Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’, says US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley
China lodges ‘stern representations’ with North Korea
Fresh diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from two thousand forty as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
A £255m fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn in spending on air quality.
Yet critics said the two thousand forty ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for fresh diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meantime former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the stir was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of instantaneous activity to reduce emissions.
Fear that fresh car petrol/diesel ban in twenty three years time is smokescreen for powerless measures to tackle 40,000 deaths a year from air pollution now.
The Government is set to include the two thousand forty ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.
The expected stir to ban petrol and diesel vans and cars goes after similar plans announced in France this month and amid enlargening signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating.
On Tuesday, BMW announced plans for an electrical Mini to be assembled at its Oxford plant while earlier this month Volvo unveiled its moves towards cleaner cars.
Government taken back to court for third time over air pollution plan
The Government was ordered to produce fresh plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide after the courts agreed with environmental campaigners that a previous set of plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Despite government efforts to delay publication of the plans until after the general election, ministers were coerced to set out the draft plans in May, with the final measures due by July 31.
It is thought ministers will also consult on a diesel scrappage scheme to take the messiest vehicles off the road.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said the scrappage scheme was needed instantaneously to reduce emissions.
Welcome commence but need urgent plan to cut air pollution *now* – decent clean air zones, funded diesel scrappage, invest in public transport https://t.co/Cr4iIBvOWJ
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) July 25, two thousand seventeen
Campaigners have demanded the final plans should include government-funded and mandated clean air zones, with charges for the most polluting vehicles to inject areas with high air pollution, as well as a diesel scrappage scheme.
Their calls for charging zones were backed up by an assessment published alongside the draft plans which suggested they were the most effective measures to tackle nitrogen dioxide, much of which comes from diesel vehicles.
But ministers have been wary of being seen to “penalize” drivers of diesel cars, who they claim bought the vehicles in good faith after being encouraged to by the last Labour government on the basis they produced lower carbon emissions.
They favour local measures such as retrofitting buses and other transport to make them cleaner, switching road layouts and even altering features such as speed humps and re-programming traffic lights to make traffic flow more slickly to reduce pollution.
The expected budge to ban diesel and petrol cars and vans by two thousand forty comes after similar plans were announced in France this month and amid enhancing signs that the shift to electrical vehicles is accelerating, with BMW announcing plans for an electrical Mini and Volvo unveiling its moves towards cleaner cars.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the thickest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong act in the shortest time possible.
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3bn programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
“Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”