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		</div><p>Certain cars could be entirely banned from London&#8217;s streets in an effort to combat the city&#8217;s &#8220;toxic&#8221; air, mayor Sadiq Khan has hinted.</p>
<p>The UK capital&#8217;s mayor, who has already announced plans for drivers of some of the oldest and most polluting cars to pay a £10 &#8220;toxicity charge&#8221; to drive in central London from October, suggested he could go further.</p>
<p>Asked if that meant he was considering the option of banning some drivers from entering the city on certain days, Mr Khan said &#8220;nothing&#8217;s off the table&#8221;.</p>
<p>He also said there was an &#8220;issue&#8221; with wood-burning stoves which have become popular in recent years.<br />
Air pollution is linked to 9,000 early deaths a year in London, one of many places hit by the UK&#8217;s air quality crisis, which has prompted the European Commission to issue a &#8220;final warning&#8221; to the Government for repeated breaches of legal limits.</p>
<p>On ITV&#8217;s Peston on Sunday, Mr Khan was asked whether he was considering going further than the T-charge plan and could ban driving on certain days.</p>
<p>Mr Khan said: &#8220;Well, nothing&#8217;s off the table but I want to address the issue of poor quality air 365 days a year, not only on those days where the air is dangerous.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pressed on whether, if he was alerted that air was reaching dangerous levels of pollution he would announce a ban on certain cars driving that day, he again state that &#8220;nothing&#8217;s off the table&#8221;.</p>
<p>Asked about the impact of wood-burning stoves, Mr Khan said: &#8220;Well there&#8217;s an issue, I mean I issued the first ever very high air pollution alert a few weeks ago and the experts say one of the reasons was during that particular weekend lots of those stoves were being used.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to work with manufacturers to make sure the right sorts of stuff are being burnt in these stoves but you know one thing by itself won&#8217;t be enough, that&#8217;s why the Government has got to help me in cities around the country to address this massive issue.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Khan suggested the Government should introduce a scrappage scheme for diesel vehicles and a clean air act to combat pollution.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m saying to the Government, you need to introduce a national diesel scrappage fund to help people, especially the poorest families, businessmen and women with vans to move from diesel to cleaner forms of transport. Some people need to drive a van, need to drive a minibus, need to drive a car, they&#8217;ve got to help me.</p>
<p>&#8220;But also, we need a clean air act, fit for purpose for the 21st century. Half of emissions come from road, the other half come from construction, housing and the river. The Government&#8217;s got to step up to the plate.&#8221;</p>
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