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Crackdown on rip-off charges for electric cars

Electric car revolution is stalled by councils

Councils have come under fire for failing to install roadside charging points for electric cars. Ministers said that only five local authorities
Published 19 January 2018
Traffic to be banned from Oxford Street in fight against air pollution

Traffic ban for Oxford Street

All vehicles will be banned from Oxford Street under radical plans to tackle air pollution. The western section of the central London street, hom
Published 14 November 2017
Drivers of pre-2016 diesel cars face London toxicity charge

Pre-2015 diesel cars face extra London charge

Sadiq Khan said that his £10 toxicity charge, or T-charge, which was introduced in central London last month for cars built before 2005 ...
Published 31 October 2017
London pay-per-mile road charging proposal

Drivers in London face first pay-per-mile charge

Drivers in London could face a pay-per-mile road charge, as proposals are considered to cut the level of harmful air pollution and congestion wit
Published 21 June 2017
Drivers of polluting cars could be paid £1,000 to go green

Scrappage for drivers of polluting cars

Drivers of highly polluting cars should be given a £1,000 voucher to help them to switch to cleaner cars, bicycles or public transport for their...
Published 03 March 2017

Opinion: Gas could solve the diesel crisis

Despite the gloom, traffic pollution is on the wane – but don’t assume electric is the only way to power cars of the future, says Matt Ridley.
Published 27 February 2017
Diesel motorists face variable charges based on emissions and aggressiveness

Diesel drivers face variable charges

Drivers of dirty diesel cars could be charged a variable fee based on the pollution they emit under proposals being considered...
Published 22 February 2017
Get diesel vehicles off the road, urge doctors

Get diesel vehicles off the road, urge doctors

Hundreds of doctors and health experts have urged the government to remove diesel vehicles from the road as soon as possible because they are cau
Published 22 February 2017
Public transport worse than driving for exposure to air pollution

Commuters warned of new air pollution risk

Travelling by public transport exposes commuters to up to eight times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, a groundbreaking study fo
Published 21 February 2017
Cheating VW ‘owes London £2.5m in congestion charges’

Cheating VW ‘owes London £2.5m congestion charge'

Volkswagen faces a £2.5m compensation demand from the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, for congestion charge underpayments linked to Dieselgate
Published 29 November 2016