:00:12. > :00:18.With thousands of people dying prematurely every year in London
:00:19. > :00:22.because of air pollution, the Mayor is determined to tackle
:00:23. > :00:25.the problem and today he outlined plans to introduce the so called
:00:26. > :00:33.Drivers of some of the oldest and dirtiest vehicles will be
:00:34. > :00:36.charged an extra ?10 on top of the congestion charge to come
:00:37. > :00:40.It will affect about 10,000 vehicles every weekday but many say
:00:41. > :00:45.Our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
:00:46. > :00:47.My name is Sadiq Khan, I'm the Mayor of London.
:00:48. > :00:53.Signed up at an early age to the Mayor of London's
:00:54. > :00:56.But tackling London's air quality will need more than posters.
:00:57. > :00:59.So today, we learned of City Hall's new steps.
:01:00. > :01:01.First, of course, we had the congestion charge -
:01:02. > :01:04.13 years on, the toxicity charge is coming, later this year drivers
:01:05. > :01:07.of the most polluting cars will have to dig deeper.
:01:08. > :01:10.The new charge will come in on October the 23rd.
:01:11. > :01:13.Older vehicles will be charged ?10 on top of the current
:01:14. > :01:16.congestion charge of ?11.50, meaning that they will pay ?21.50
:01:17. > :01:21.It is estimated 10,000 vehicles per day would currently be
:01:22. > :01:26.Although City Hall says it thinks that 4000 of those
:01:27. > :01:32.I've deliberately not done this overnight.
:01:33. > :01:34.Notwithstanding my big election victory last May,
:01:35. > :01:38.65% of Londoners want me to take bold action, that's why I'm
:01:39. > :01:44.The T charge will take place from October the 23rd and from 2019.
:01:45. > :01:49.There will be an ultra low emission zone.
:01:50. > :01:55.I know that when I walk to school, I can just inhale the toxic fumes.
:01:56. > :02:02.We need to contain this, this is one of the world's megacities.
:02:03. > :02:05.Support here today, and some key questions for the Mayor.
:02:06. > :02:08.For some people, maybe that small charge is something that they cannot
:02:09. > :02:16.Those who are just surviving, just getting by, just about managing
:02:17. > :02:21.to have a car in the first place, whatever the charge will be,
:02:22. > :02:25.?10, it can be really damaging to some people.
:02:26. > :02:33.Although the mayor is targeting cars of around ten years old,
:02:34. > :02:37.even some new cars will be just as polluting.
:02:38. > :02:40.Their emissions on the road are very different to those
:02:41. > :02:44.It raises awareness which is a good thing, the fact that we are putting
:02:45. > :02:47.information out into the public domain so consumers can make good
:02:48. > :02:50.choices is a good thing and I think pressure needs to be put
:02:51. > :02:55.technology in the vehicles perform on the road as they do in the lab.
:02:56. > :02:58.City Hall says the so-called T charge is just one part of efforts
:02:59. > :03:06.A campaign that the mayor has put at the top of his agenda.
:03:07. > :03:08.Well, if you'd like to know whether you'll be affected
:03:09. > :03:10.by the charges, you can check your vehicle
:03:11. > :03:17.Domestic violence victims in seventeen London boroughs
:03:18. > :03:19.will get extra help, thanks to nearly ?3 million
:03:20. > :03:24.The money will go towards extra beds in refuge
:03:25. > :03:26.accomodation, giving survivors somewhere safe to live
:03:27. > :03:31.while they receive training to help them back into work.
:03:32. > :03:33.Thousands of Vauxhall workers in Luton are waiting to hear
:03:34. > :03:38.about the future of their jobs after crunch talks in Paris.
:03:39. > :03:42.The Business Secretary Greg Clark has been in the French capital
:03:43. > :03:44.as Peugeot considers a takeover of General Motors.
:03:45. > :03:49.It is a deal which could create the second-largest
:03:50. > :03:56.But, how many jobs would remain in the UK?
:03:57. > :03:58.They've been doing this at the Vauxhall plant
:03:59. > :04:00.in Luton since 1905, but there are very real fears
:04:01. > :04:03.this potential takeover could lead to job losses,
:04:04. > :04:13.Guido is just one worker recently laid off.
:04:14. > :04:15.We thought there was a contract coming, and they just said
:04:16. > :04:18.that they had to get rid of 48 people.
:04:19. > :04:22.US giant General Motors employs 4500 people at its two UK plants
:04:23. > :04:31.But tens of thousands more work in its retail and supply chain.
:04:32. > :04:35.On Tuesday, it emerged that GM was in advanced talks with French
:04:36. > :04:38.manufacturer Peugeot Citroen, which wants to buy its European arm.
:04:39. > :04:41.With 14 factories in France and Germany, part of that equation
:04:42. > :04:44.too, there could be a 3-way tussle for job security.
:04:45. > :04:48.The French and German governments are meeting,
:04:49. > :04:53.and that would be to secure the future for their plants,
:04:54. > :04:56.and we want to make certain that the UK is not sitting
:04:57. > :05:01.The Business Secretary is determined that will not happen.
:05:02. > :05:04.Greg Clark met with GM officials earlier this week,
:05:05. > :05:09.and then went straight to Paris to meet Peugeot executives.
:05:10. > :05:12.In October, Nissan raised doubts over their future here due to Brexit
:05:13. > :05:15.but was appeased with assurances from the government.
:05:16. > :05:18.There is no doubt that the climate is tough.
:05:19. > :05:21.Vauxhall is a European company, most of its production goes
:05:22. > :05:24.to the rest of the European Union, most of its components
:05:25. > :05:31.The big uncertainty of freedom of trade within Europe
:05:32. > :05:34.and the single market, the customs union, you know,
:05:35. > :05:36.if you are a French manager, choosing between a British
:05:37. > :05:45.and a German operation now, frankly it is a bit of a no-brainer.
:05:46. > :05:47.So far, workers in Luton are in the dark.
:05:48. > :05:49.We haven't heard the ins and outs of it yet.
:05:50. > :05:52.They've just said that they will let us know when they know.
:05:53. > :05:55.I think that most people are fairly stoic about it,
:05:56. > :06:01.Until they talk to us, we cannot do anything.
:06:02. > :06:04.With the French government heavily invested in Peugeot and German jobs
:06:05. > :06:06.three times more expensive to get rid of than here, there
:06:07. > :06:17.That's it for now from me, but lets find out what the weather's
:06:18. > :06:24.up to this weekend with Helen Willetts.
:06:25. > :06:34.-- with John Hammond. Red sky at night, Shepherd's the like. There
:06:35. > :06:38.are not too many shepherds in the centre of London, but you get the
:06:39. > :06:43.drift. It is going to be a nice weekend. I don't promise a huge
:06:44. > :06:48.amount of sunshine, but we will see some bright spells, very well
:06:49. > :06:55.indeed. Most of the weather action will be in the north-west. Further
:06:56. > :07:01.south and east, the cloud is patchy. Temperatures are bit down quite low
:07:02. > :07:07.under clear skies. Some mist has been forming. Most of the fog will
:07:08. > :07:12.be on the high ground in the morning. Be aware of that if you are
:07:13. > :07:17.setting out early. Six Celsius typically, with some places chillier
:07:18. > :07:22.than that. It will start of murky in the morning, but the sun will come
:07:23. > :07:28.out for a good few of us at some stage through the afternoon. 14
:07:29. > :07:31.Celsius is possible. In the early part of next week, we could see 16
:07:32. > :07:35.Celsius in a few spots. part of next week, we could see 16
:07:36. > :07:47.Celsius in a few spots. Here is knit with the National output.
:07:48. > :07:53.We have turned things around in the space of a week, with a more
:07:54. > :08:01.springlike feel out there. Some places may get as high as 17 Celsius
:08:02. > :08:05.on Monday. That is the exception, and most of us won't see that.
:08:06. > :08:08.Plenty of cloud throughout this weekend. It is already producing
:08:09. > :08:16.some outbreaks of rain in western and northern parts overnight will
:08:17. > :08:17.stop not amounting to too much, affecting western Scotland later in
:08:18. > :08:18.the