London's Evening Standard starts campaign against polluting vehicles that "kill"

London`s "toxic" air needs action from both the Mayor and drivers, the newspaper says

London`s "toxic" air needs action from both the Mayor and drivers, the newspaper says

London's Evening Standard has started a campaign against the "too little, too late" action of the Mayor on traffic emissions.

The newspaper highlights figures suggesting deaths linked to the capital's "filthy air" are set to rise from an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 a year by 2020. It goes on to claim in an editorial that Boris Johnson's proposed Ultra Low Emission Zone will not help clear the worst 50 blackspots given "worryingly high" pollution is in many sites outside the congestion charging zone.

The intervention from the Standard  - which urged its readers to vote Conservative in the General Election earlier this month - follows a previous news report on pollution figures (pictured) and comes in the run-up to the Mayoral election next May. It also suggests that individual Londoners themselves can and should help clean up their air by switching to electric cars.