UK refuses to commit to immediate lowering of air pollution limits

Government accused of disregarding coroner's words about death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, aged 9

The government has refused to commit to an immediate lowering of legal levels of air pollution as a result of the death of a nine-year-old child from toxic air.

Ella Kissi-Debrah was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of their death in a historic ruling by a coroner earlier this year.