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  • Multi-million pound fund for cities to take driving seat in green car revolution

    Cities across the UK can now take advantage of a £35 million fund to promote the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Advanced biofuels demonstration competition

    £25 million advanced biofuels demonstration competition is launched to support the development of a domestic advanced biofuel industry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £25 million funding for green transport fuel plants

    Production facilities will convert waste into biofuels.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Wiltshire making the switch to electric vehicles

    Baroness Kramer sees government-funded infrastructure for plug-in vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Electric surge as record numbers of drivers switch to plug-in cars

    Over a quarter of the UK’s plug-in cars sold in last 3 months.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £11 million to research carbon-cutting technology

    Funding allocated to research and development that will reduce emissions from driving.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Electric Vehicle Summit

    Explains the history and progress made with electric cars.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greener fire engines, ambulances, buses and taxis on the way

    Government funding will cut pollution from over 1,000 public sector vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cleaner and greener transport for communities

    Extra £900,000 will build on success of local sustainable transport schemes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New pilot for environmental barriers

    Road users will soon see a national first on England’s roads as the Highways Agency pilots a new way to tackle the impact of poor air quality.

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  • Electric cars for all government fleets

    Whitehall departments and their agencies to introduce plug-in vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Annual Conference

    The government is investing £500 million to support the development of low emission vehicles - creating jobs and cutting damaging emissions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local Sustainable Transport Fund 2015 to 2016

    Announces the successful bids for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund 2015 to 2016 revenue funding competition.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £440 million to be spent on green transport

    44 new sustainable transport schemes to include £64 million investment from government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Car Lite London: car clubs will help more Londoners drive less

    How car clubs can cut emissions, cut congestion and help save money.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Orrell Interchange litter blitz yields dozens of sacks of rubbish

    The Highways Agency is reassuring drivers and people living near motorways and major A roads that it is working hard to tackle litter across the North West.

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  • Transport schemes helping Oxfordshire commuters and environment

    Baroness Kramer visits Oxford and Banbury to see transport funding at work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New funding to encourage plug-in car use

    Funding for domestic chargepoints to benefit consumers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Quiet deliveries to reduce road congestion

    New guidance has been published to help freight operators make more out-of-hours deliveries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Investing in ultra low emission vehicles in the UK 2015 to 2020

    Explaining that the Deputy Prime Minister has announced measures to support the use and development of ultra low emission vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government