Drive, baby, drive: Hammond's autumn statement is more grey than green

The money for new roads and freezing fuel tax overwhelms support for electric cars, further fuelling the nation’s air pollution crisisDrive, baby, drive - that was the message from chancellor Philip Hammond’s autumn budget statement, with more money paving the way to new roads and a freeze on fuel tax.The problem is the UK already has an air pollution crisis that causes tens of thousands of early deaths – more traffic will only make it worse. Furthermore, rising transport emiss