Birmingham drivers to face city centre charges as clean air zone launches

Cecilia Keating
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Long-delayed clean air zone is first outside London to charge drivers of private fossil fuel cars as well as commercial vehicles

Britain's first clean air zone outside London to charge private fossil fuel car drivers for entering a city centre has gone live in Birmingham this week, in a move aimed at reducing pollution and congestion...

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