Local authorities will pick up just £500000 - down from £1m final year and £3m in 2011-12 - despite manifesto pledge to increase efforts to tackle dirty airThe 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 £500000 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.
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Source: theguardian.com