We Just Read: Birmingham City Council has paid more than £470,000 to itself in daily charges and fines because its own vehicles break the rules of its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) policy.
Even though there has been a year-long bin strike in the city, most of its vehicles facing daily charges were from the waste department.
The authority said it had been replacing non-compliant vehicles over the past 12 months and wanted “eco driving” across its fleet, but admitted one in eight vehicles still did not comply with the zone’s emissions standards.
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