UK City mayors make joint call for urgent action to tackle UK air pollution

[Morgen]

City leaders across England and Wales have teamed up to demand that Theresa May take immediate action to fight air pollution, which scientists say causes at least 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.

A total of 17 mayors and civic leaders, representing 20 million people throughout the country, have signed a letter that calls for a national action plan to clean up the nation’s air to be implemented as a matter of urgency. They include the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, as well as mayors Andy Burnham (Greater Manchester), Steve Rotheram (Liverpool city region), and Dan Jarvis (Sheffield), along with leaders from authorities around the country including Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle and Southampton.
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The group is demanding that the government:

• Pass a stringent clean air act that will give local authorities powers to regulate emissions such as those produced by taxis and private hire services in cities.

• Set up a targeted vehicle renewal scheme to replace older, more polluting cars, buses and lorries, but in a way that will protect local businesses.

• Provide funds to support the establishment of clean air zones and provide investment in cleaner buses, taxis and other forms of transport.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/26/action-demanded-mayors-save-uk-inner-city-poor-from-air-pollution