End UK tax incentives for diesel vehicles, ministers are urged

Campaigners write to chancellor to urge him to end tax breaks and bring in scheme to encourage switch to greener carsHow have you been affected by air pollution? Ministers are coming under growing pressure to remove tax incentives for diesel cars and offer compensation to motorists so they can swap to more environmentally friendly vehicles.A group of medical professionals, environmental campaigners and lawyers has written to the chancellor ahead of the budget to demand a change to the vehicle excise duty that they say subsidises diesel cars. Continue reading...