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Tuesday, 12 December 2017

The Guardian

• We know polluting cars are killing us. So why do we put up with it?f petrol and diesel vehicles were invented today, what possible justification would there be for allowing unchecked ownership? Knowing all we do about the damage wrought by burning fossil fuels – both to our immediate health and to the long-term viability of our habitat – it would seem an act of obscene, destructive decadence. The idea of driving a monstrous, tank-like 4x4 a distance you could easily walk or cycle, and then sitting outside a school (a school!) with the engine still running, guzzling petrol and burping out poison into the surrounding air, would be seen as actively malevolent.

Times Online

• Employment boom ‘set to hit the brakes’ [Subscription]Recruitment will slow sharply in the coming months as employers’ optimism about Britain’s immediate prospects wanes, a closely watched survey has warned.
• ‘Raise £20m and cut traffic by charging people to park at work’ [Subscription]Glasgow should consider imposing workplace parking charges to discourage people from driving to the office, the head of an organisation set up to transform the city centre has said.

London Evening Standard

• Drivers who forgot to refuel sparked 400 hours of traffic jams in Blackwall TunnelHundreds of hours of traffic jams are being caused by drivers who run out of fuel in the Blackwall Tunnel.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Crash-for-cash fraudsters ‘costing UK motorists £5m a day’Crash-for-cash fraudsters are fuelling a compensation culture which is pushing car insurance premiums to record levels and costing motorists £5m a day, as promised government reform stall.

Other News Sources

• 'Limited budget' forces Surrey County Council to 'prioritise' which roads to salt this winter Surrey County Council uses different forms of technology to decide which roads must be salted