Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

Petrol and diesel cars to be banned by 2030 as Labour provides 'unwavering' update on phase-out

Labour has confirmed that it remains committed to banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by the end of the decade, as it considers overhauling a number of its electric car targets.The Government published a consultation about the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate this afternoon as it considers relaxing many targets to protect British businesses.One of the key differences proposed is to ease the 2030 deadline to have 80 per cent of car …

Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

A Department for Transport review will only consider changes to the way the ban is introduced

FairFuelUK urges government to scrap 2030 petrol and diesel ban

Campaign group FairFuelUK has called on the government to scrap the 2030 ban on sales of new pure petrol and diesel cars, after the Department for Transport reaffirmed that the deadline remains in place alongside a 2035 cut-off for new hybrids. The call follows a change of direction in Brussels. In December 2025 the European Commission proposed to soften its planned 2035 ban on new combustion-engined cars, replacing a 100 per cent zero-emission …