Breathe: Seven Ways to Win a Greener World

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New services and improvements, that will see over one million further kilometres added to the bus network, are also planned to support growth areas in a number of other outer London location. The clean air (human rights) bill – also known as Ella’s Law – would enshrine the human right to healthy air in UK law. That is why we are committed to finding, supporting and sharing creative solutions to tackle this health issue. People who’ve been unfairly dismissed, people treated badly by the police, or people who had issues because of who they were - their gender, their race, their religion, their sexuality, whatever.

We know that there are more deaths that are attributed to toxic air in the city’s outer boroughs and that bringing in these world leading standards over a larger area will see millions more breathing cleaner air. He recognises connections between air pollution, global heating, public health and racial inequality.He wrote to families with Indian and Sri Lankan names under the headline “Sadiq Khan Will Put London’s Future And Your Community At Risk,” saying, “ We cannot let him experiment with these radical policies.

Two new routes will be introduced in Sutton, with improved service to the new Cancer Hub at the Royal Marsden Hospital.TfL continue to develop plans to improve the bus network in outer London which will play an important role in maximising the benefits of expanding the ULEZ, strengthening alternatives to private cars. We are committed to improving air quality in Kingston, and we hope that these new measures will encourage more people to travel sustainably, creating a safer, cleaner environment.

We hope this will lead to fewer premature deaths and fewer hospital admissions linked to air pollution. When I first became mayor, King’s College said it will take 193 years to make our air within legal limits. Currently, drivers of vehicles registered under the disabled and disabled passenger tax classes and drivers of wheelchair adapted PHVs are exempt from paying the charge until October 2025.Gareth Thomas MP, Harrow West, said: “I welcome the Mayor’s decision today to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide. You know being a member of parliament you've got to stay in your lane - you've got to know where you are in the hierarchy and there's a limited amount you can do. She was prescribed antibiotics for a chest infection, but the expected recovery never came and she was eventually diagnosed with a unique and severe form of asthma. We're talking to employers to make it as easy as possible for them to support their employees if they want to jog or cycle into work with shower facilities, cycle-to-work schemes, and so forth. It will operate London-wide across all London boroughs, up to the current Low Emission Zone (LEZ) boundary.

A 2018 study by King’s College London (now Imperial) found that toxic air was stunting the growth of children’s lungs in Tower Hamlets and Hackney, with children losing about the size of two large eggs in lung capacity.The second inquest into Ella’s death, with all the evidence and all the experts, concludes air pollution is causative of death. And here’s the thing that makes me really angry: Boris Johnson knew that, because he’d commissioned a report that was buried away which showed the impact polluted air has on some of London’s most vulnerable communities. This bold and decisive action will help to cut the toxic air pollution in Harrow, reduce congestion, and tackle the climate emergency. Inevitably, this will lead to a city famous for its diversity becoming the preserve of a moneyed elite. In fact, as I discover later, the threats Khan has faced have had considerably more impact than to make his life a bit weird.