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Maarten van den Heuvel - twitter.com/mvdheuvel |
(Dubbed the "T tax" (here T stands for toxic), the first cities to receive approval are Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, London, and Southampton.
Cities that are considering clean air zones are Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sheffield, and Stoke.
Diesel fumes are blamed for 12,000 deaths a year, but many people are accusing councils of using diesel drivers as cash cows.)