Recent weeks have seen a rush of announcements about initiatives designed to cut emissions from UK cities. Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council recently put out for consultation plans which, if pursued, will see a zero-emissions zone in place by 2035, covering all non-electric vehicles, including HGVs, across the whole of the city centre.

Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has also announced plans to make Glasgow Scotland's first low emission zone. This will eventually result in all but the cleanest-engined vehicles being banned from the city centre. Finally, in a bid to improve the London’s air quality, we have seen the introduction of the T-Charge. Targeting buses, coaches, HGVs, minibuses, vans and petrol or diesel cars that don’t meet the Euro 4/IV emissions standards, the new enforcement means drivers of these vehicles will be charged an additional £10 per day to drive in the city centre.