London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has outlined plans for owners of older cars to pay a £10 pollution charge when driving in central London. The charge, which will be in addition to the existing £11.50 congestion charge, will be levied on cars first sold prior to 2005 and will be in operation from 2017. The new plan will also develop a detailed proposal for a national diesel scrappage scheme, which the government would have to implement. The proposals are part of wider plans to improve air quality in the capital, including a planned Ultra Low Emissions Zone and quicker deployment of cleaner buses. The scheme resembles one in Paris that bans polluting cars from the city on weekdays. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s
London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has outlined plans for owners of older cars to pay a £10 pollution charge when driving in central London. The charge, which will be in addition to the existing £11.50 congestion charge, will be levied on cars first sold prior to 2005 and will be in operation from 2017. The proposals are part of wider plans to improve air quality in the capital, including a planned Ultra Low Emissions Zone and quicker deployment of cleaner buses. The scheme resembles one in Paris that bans polluting cars from the city on weekdays. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s