Just 0.1% of idling drivers fined in central London, data reveals

Toxic air pollution kills about 4,000 people every year in the capital. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Just one in every 1,000 drivers reported for unnecessary idling of their engines were fined in central London, data has revealed.

Toxic air pollution kills about 4,000 people every year in the capital and councils have targeted parked drivers who do not turn off their vehicles.