Rachael Maskell MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, commenting on the High Court ruling on air pollution said:

“This is the second time the courts have found this government guilty for their failure to protect British people from health dangers of the UKs polluted air.

“40,000 people die prematurely each year because of our dirty and polluted air. It is time that the government acted and introduced measures that would save the lives of tens of thousands of people.”