Southwark Liberal Democrats Demand More Ambition in Plans to Tackle Air Pollution

Liberal Democrat councillors have demanded more ambition in Southwark Council’s plans to tackle air pollution in the borough.

Responding to Southwark’s Air Quality Action Plan consultation, the Southwark Liberal Democrats highlighted a lack of meaningful targets and specific policies.

Commenting, Cllr Graham Neale, Southwark Liberal Democrat vice-chair of the Environment and Community Engagement Scrutiny Commission, said:

“Air pollution can have disastrous effects on the health of our residents and contributes to global emissions. Improving air quality is of paramount importance and that’s why we’re disappointed to see an action plan that lacks meaningful targets and specific policy aims. Yet again, the lack of ambition from Labour has let down our residents.”

The draft Air Quality Action Plan can be found here.

The response letter to the consultation from the Southwark Liberal Democrats can be found here.