Chloe Owen, Policy team, Asthma + Lung UK

A person in a black shirt covers their nose and mouth with their clothing while standing next to a busy road filled with cars
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Clean air zones: making sure no one is left behind

Road traffic is one of the leading sources of air pollution in the UK’s towns and cities, and urgent action is needed to clean up the way we travel. However, some communities are disproportionately affected by toxic air and are being excluded from policies designed to tack air pollution. Chloe from our policy team talks us through our new work with IPPR and Transport for All showing how clean air zone policies can be implemented to ensure no one is left behind.
A view of London’s skyline, including Westminster and the Shard, shrouded in haze with visible air pollution and smoke rising from buildings
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Chris Whitty: urgent action is needed to tackle air pollution

Last week, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty, published his annual report for 2022, which this year focussed on air pollution. In the report, he makes recommendations on how air pollution should be tackled by national government, local government and businesses. Chloe from our policy team takes you through the report and what we think needs to happen now.