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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Sadiq Khan says he will monitor effectiveness of Paris plan to raise charges on SUVs

SUVs parked in a narrow London street
Three-quarters of SUVs bought new in the UK are registered to people living in urban areas. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said he will monitor the effectiveness of Paris’s plan to increase parking charges for sports utility vehicles if it is approved in an upcoming referendum.

Khan was speaking at an event at which he apologised on behalf of the Greater London Authority to the family of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who died in 2013, aged nine, as a result of London’s dirty air.

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