A bid by the Government to delay publishing its plans to tackle illegal air pollution until after the General Election has failed at the High Court.
Mr Justice Garnham said a draft plan must be published the day after the local government elections on May 4 with the September date for publication of the final plan unchanged.
Earlier this week, the Tories were condemned for refusing to publish the long-awaited plan. Government lawyers argued the publication would drop a “controversial bomb” into the mix of local and national elections.
