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Friday, 21 January 2022

BBC News

• Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone plan referred back to governmentAfter a business backlash Andy Burnham is calling for urgent talks to make it
• Britishvolt: Electric car battery plant gets government fundingBritishvolt says the money unlocks huge private investment for a protect that will create thousands of jobs.

City AM

• Khan has blamed drivers for London’s dirty air but it’s the infrastructure that failed usLast week, millions of Londoners were advised to stay indoors – this time not because of a Covid-19 lockdown, but because pollution in the capital was at the highest possible level. For a country supposedly leading the way in net zero climate action, this is an alarming indication of how far its capital still needs [...] The post Khan has blamed drivers for London’s dirty air but it’s the infrastructure that failed us appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Electric car battery plant that could power Britain's eco drive gets £100m cash injection Britishvolt's £3.8billion plant in Blyth, Northumberland, will create 8,000 jobs in the North East in a boost for Government pledges to 'level up' the regions.

This is Money

• Electric car charging network grows 37% but North-South divide growsLondon benefitted from a faster expansion of its infrastructure, with 102 devices per 100k population, while areas like the North West have just 24 per 100k.

Birmingham Post

• EV battery gigafactory to go ahead after £1.7bn funding securedThe Britishvolt site at Northumberland could make 300,000

Other News Sources

• Smart motorways: Meon Valley MP raises concerns to PMMEON Valley MP Flick Drummond has raised her worries about smart motorways to Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions.