City leaders from England and Wales are expected to urge the government to ban the sale of new pure diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2030.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who will hots a national air quality summit on the topic, will meet with cross-party leaders, together representing around 20 million people from across England and Wales, to bring forward current plans to phase out the vehicles from 2040 to 2030 to tackle the nation’s growing air quality health crisis.