Hypocrites! The ministers still in thrall to diesel

James Baggott
Prime Minister Theresa May walks from her car during a visit to a new housing development in Wokingham, Berkshire.
Prime Minister Theresa May walks from her car during a visit to a new housing development in Wokingham, Berkshire.

More than half of the cars used by government ministers – including the prime minister Theresa May and the chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond – are diesels.

Despite the government's increasingly anti-diesel rhetoric, and just over a month before new road tax rules are set to penalise diesel drivers further, the government still has a fleet of luxury cars powered by the fuel.

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