They don’t care about climate change: Tories halve councils’ cash to fight air pollution in England
The Conservative Government has cut its air quality grant programme despite many cities in England breaching legal air pollution limits [Image: Alamy].
That’s what David Cameron said his government would be.
A more appropriate line would have been:
“You’re doomed.”
The government has halved the amount of money it gives English local authorities to fight air pollution, despite a manifesto pledge to do more to tackle the UK’s dirty air.
Just £500,000 will be distributed to councils including Leeds, Manchester, and Southampton for 2015-2016 under the air quality grant programme, the environment department has confirmed. That is down from £1m the year before and £3m in 2011-2012.
The cut comes despite the government being forced to publish a national cleanup plan because many British cities breach European safety limits, and recent figures showing the percentage of people dying prematurely from pollution in England has increased.
Source: Tories halve councils’ cash to fight air pollution in England | Environment | The Guardian
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Liars, they are a disaster in the making, they don’t give a damn about air quality, pollution. Their interests lay in getting fracking off to good start, I’m alright Joe is their attitude.
If you have ever seen a young child fighting for breath in an asthma attack you will realize how obscene this is.
The clue is in the footnote that the premature death rate is rising so the response of this compassionate government is to halve the funding.
There you have it in a nutshell.