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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused by MPs of evading scrutiny over his department's £33m Brexit payout to Eurotunnel, after another minister took his place in the Commons. Health Secretary Matt Hancock responded to questions about Friday's settlement.
Time we taxed cars in proportion to how polluting they are - Lilian Greenwood MP & Neil Parish MP [Subscription]
Gone are the days when policy development could be siloed, with each government department responsible for its own small niche. The government faces significant environmental challenges, from improving the quality of the air we breathe to reducing CO2 emissions, ensuring clean growth — but it cannot overcome these acting through one department alone.
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- Car buyers overcharged £1,000 by dealers for loans, says watchdogA probe by the City watchdog into the car finance market reveals overcharging by motor dealers.
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- Volvo to limit speed of all vehicles to 112mph in bid to reduce road deaths [Subscription]Volvo is to become the first car manufacturer to limit the speed of all of its vehicles in a bid to reduce the number of accidents.
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- Labour U-turn on proposal to tax car parks [subscription]Scottish Labour is to reject a workplace car parking tax even though its 2017 council election manifesto for Glasgow said that it would be “examining proposals” to introduce such a charge if it ran the city council.
- Time we taxed cars in proportion to how polluting they are - Lilian Greenwood MP & Neil Parish MP [Subscription]Gone are the days when policy development could be siloed, with each government department responsible for its own small niche. The government faces significant environmental challenges, from improving the quality of the air we breathe to reducing CO2 emissions, ensuring clean growth — but it cannot overcome these acting through one department alone.
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- Uber cars stock children's books to boost bedtime reading for World Book DayLong known for getting time-poor commuters from A to B, Uber today launched a scheme to help London parents get home in time to read bedtime stories to their children.
- Prices of petrol and diesel inch up in February after months of reduced pricesThe price of petrol and diesel inched up in February, ending three months of price reductions.
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- Car business driving carefully along a wary roadIn the years when the global economy has been running at full speed, the Geneva Motor Show has often seemed like a festival of consumerism and invention.
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- New 12 hour motorway bus lanes to open - with aim of shortening commute timeNew hard shoulder bus lanes on the M1 and M2 motorways will begin to operate on Monday 11 March.
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