Britain ‘to ban all petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2040’

‘New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 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 2040 ban was “too little too late”, with the Liberal Democrats calling for new diesel sales to end by 2025.
Meanwhile former Labour leader and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the move was a “smokescreen” hiding a lack of immediate action to reduce emissions.
The Government is set to include the 2040 ban in a court-mandated clean air strategy due to be published on Wednesday, just days before the deadline set by the High Court.’
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