In a significant development a cross-party group of city mayors have urged the UK Prime Mister to to
commit to tougher air pollution targets after the inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-
Debrah. The group wants the PM to enshrine in law a commitment to achieve World Health
Organization air pollution guidelines by 2030.
UK100, a group of more than 100 local authorities that coordinated the letter, is calling for a £1.5bn
boos to the spending on measures to improve air quality across the YK, and the WHO targets to ve
oncluded in the forthcoming environment bill. This could fund the removal of nearly half a million of
the most polluting cars and vans from the road and incentivise people into cleaner vehicles, public
transport, cycling and walking.
Full story is at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/27/uk-mayors-boris-johnson-
tougher-air-pollution-targets