Ministers under fire over bid to delay publication of air pollution plan

Campaigners attack government request to be allowed to breach Monday deadline to publish air quality planThe government is facing renewed pressure after a last-minute attempt to delay the publication of its plan to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis.Ministers were under a court direction to produce tougher draft measures to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution, which is largely caused by diesel traffic, by 4pm on Monday. The government’s original plans had been dismi