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Oscar Williams-Grut

Adopt ‘car free Sundays’ to tackle oil crisis, governments told

Fuel costs have soared since the start of the war in Ukraine due to a supply crunch

(Picture: PA Archive)

Governments have been urged to consider introducing “car free Sundays” in big cities and mandating home working at least three days a week to stop the looming crunch in oil supply making the cost of living crisis even worse.

The International Energy Agency, the Paris-based group that advises governments around the world on energy policy, today set out a ten point plan to “reduce the pain caused by high oil prices” by cutting demand for fuel.

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