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Cars, Cities, Industrial policy

London improving UK’s energy security faster than other regions

Diesel fuel sales fell nearly 40% over the past four years with other regions only managing a decline of 20% - demonstrating ULEZ's positive air pollu...

Cars, Cities, Industrial policy, Buses

London diesel fuel sales falling at twice the pace of rest of UK

Sales fell nearly 40% over the past four years with other regions only managing a decline of 20% - demonstrating that the ULEZ not only has positive a...

Cars, Cities, Industrial policy

UK government creating “a tax haven” for large, luxury cars

The UK is not properly taxing larger, luxury, more-polluting vehicles which is leading to a flood of oversized cars entering the market

Cities, Cars, Industrial policy

What’s happening with SUVs in the UK

2023 saw a big leap in the number of SUVs being sold in the UK but let's look at the figures a bit more

Cars, Cities, Industrial policy

UK SUV sales have increased by more than a fifth in one year

SUV sales exceeded 1 million in 2023, having increased 23% between 2022 and 2023 and are an increasing share of car sales

Cars, Cities, Batteries

Cars are getting too big for British roads, new research shows

Over half of new vehicles are too wide for many on-street parking spaces

Cities, Industrial policy

Future deaths from air pollution are preventable says report into death of schoolgirl

Future deaths like that of schoolgirl Ella Adoo Kissi Debrah are preventable, says the coroner’s report following her death. It recommends that legall...

Cities, Industrial policy

Tragic British case ‘makes clear the need for Clean Air Act’

An inquest in London has recorded what is believed to be the world’s first case of air pollution being given as a direct cause of death. Ella Kissi-De...

Cars, Planes, Ships, Cities

California-sur-Manche or Singapore-on-Thames?

In 2020 the UK finally left the EU, though trade negotiations grind on and maintaining a level playing field for business remains a major sticking poi...

Cities, Industrial policy

Inquest into Ella Kissi Debrah’s tragic death shows need for Clean Air Act

The landmark inquest into the tragic death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah today confirmed that air pollution was a material factor in causing and ...

Palm oil diesel factories in Europe
Cars, Cities, Rail, Buses

Coronavirus is transforming the transport landscape of the UK

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. The UK is amongst the cou...

Palm oil diesel factories in Europe
Cities, Rail, Industrial policy, Cars, Buses

Nearly 4 in 5 Leeds residents want cars to give way to bikes, buses and walking to tackle urban air pollution

A YouGov poll of residents in Leeds reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. Nearly ...