MPs call for Low Emission Zones across UK to tackle 'killer' air pollution

Will Nichols
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Committee also calls for less favourable tax regime for diesel vehicles and says new schools and hospitals must be built away from 'hotspots'

Nationwide low-emissions zones may be needed to tackle the UK's illegal air pollution, MPs will warn today, branding air pollution "an invisible killer" responsible for tens of thousands of deaths a year....

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