'Inaction has consequences': UK faces fines for air quality breach

Madeleine Cuff
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As London prepares to break its annual legal limit for air pollution for 2018 within a month, the UK and others are facing growing pressure from Brussels to clean up their air

UK ministers have been warned by Brussels that they face EU court action and fines unless the Westminster government urgently cleans up the UK's air. At a crunch meeting of environment ministers in...

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