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- Imperial College London study finds London’s air-pollution-related deaths fell about 40% from 2019 to 2024.
- Mayor Sadiq Khan says the decline proves the ultra-low emission zone, launched in 2019 and expanded in 2021 to cover boroughs, saved lives.
- The zone charges £12.50 daily to non-compliant vehicles.
- Mums for Lungs reports over 100,000 children were hospitalized with breathing problems in 2024 while outer London boroughs have the highest pollution-linked death rates.
