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Decision on e-scooter legality could take up to a year

Published 04 May 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
The government has been accused of failing to properly regulate the use of electric scooters.
Rumoured scrappage scheme will not go ahead

Car scrappage scheme rejected by ministers

A scrappage scheme expected by many to be announced this month has been rejected by ministers.
Published 02 July 2020
London city night scene, Blackwall tunnel

MPs: drivers must give up cars to hit CO2 targets

UK motorists may be encouraged to stop using their cars so the UK can meet its emissions targets, cross-party MPs have suggested.
Published 26 August 2019
Petrol and diesel should be phased out by 2035 "at the latest", advisers argues

Petrol and diesel 'should be phased out by 2035'

The UK government should outlaw new petrol and diesel car sales well before its current target of 2040, say climate advisers.
Published 03 May 2019

Govt invests £10m in digital street mapping

The Department for Transport will spend £10m on a new real-time navigation system — though the setup likely won't be ready before 2020.
Published 06 September 2018
Drink driving casualties at highest level since 2012

Drink-driving deaths at highest level since 2012

The number of people either killed in drink-driving crashes are at their highest level since 2012, the Department for Transport has estimated.
Published 10 August 2018
"Hypocritical" government ministers keep buying petrol cars

"Hypocritical" ministers keep buying petrol cars

The government wants drivers and car makers to switch to electric cars but its own ministers are failing to lead by example and buy hybrid or ele
Published 10 August 2018
What you need to know about government diesel scrappage and nitrogen dioxide reduction

Non-electric cars to be banned from 2040 (updated)

All cars sold in the UK from 2040 will be electrified, the government has announced, in a bid to remove conventiona diesel and petrol vehicles...
Published 27 July 2017