New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government is set to announce.
Ministers are also to unveil a £255m fund to help councils tackle pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3bn spending on air quality.
The government will publish a court-mandated clean air strategy later, days before a High Court deadline.
Campaigners said the measures were promising, but more detail was needed.
The government was ordered by the courts to produce new plans to tackle illegal levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide.
It came after judges agreed with environmental campaigners that previous plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution limits.
Those crazy French
Re: Those crazy French
Oh, dear god....
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Those crazy French
Ahem...It came after judges agreed with environmental campaigners that previous plans were insufficient to meet EU pollution limits.
Looks like somebody didn't get the memo...
