General Article Labour’s drive towards diesel cars causing ‘massive public health problem’, admits Shadow Environmen

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Fuel linked to higher levels of air pollution deaths, say experts.

 

By Jonathan Owen and Jamie Merrill

The drive by the previous Labour government to encourage millions of Britons to opt for diesel cars in a bid to save the planet was ‘wrong’ and a ‘massive problem for public health’ Barry Gardiner, Shadow Environment Minister, has admitted.'

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