‘It is unacceptable that successive governments have failed to protect the public from poisonous air’

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Environmental Audit, Health and Social Care and Transport Committees have published a joint report after an unprecedented four-way inquiry.

It calls for a new Clean Air Act, a clean air fund financed by the transport industry; a national air quality support programme for councils; and for the government to require manufacturers to end the sale of conventional petrol and diesel cars earlier than the current 2040 target.