London’s mayor encourages broadcasters to provide regular air quality updates

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has asked leading TV and radio broadcasters to inform Londoners about poor air quality through news and whether bulletins.

Khan has written to senior figures at BBC London, ITV London and LBCm asking them to include updates on the quality of London’s air through reports and on their websites and apps.

Khan said: “I’m pressing ahead with bold and ambitious plans to improve air quality in the capital through measures such as the T-charge, the launch of which is only a few weeks away, as well as in-depth work to help us understand the full impact of poor air.

“Broadcasters are already doing excellent work covering the threat to public health posed by the capital’s filthy air and I’m asking them to go even further and help empower Londoners to reduce their exposure to harmful pollution.

“They can do this by providing regular daily air quality information as part of their weather broadcasts.”