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Britain will increase tax on most polluting diesel cars

Philip Hammond, UK chancellor of the exchequer, holds the traditional red dispatch box containing the budget statement. Hammond is raising taxes on diesels to fund a clean air fund. (Bloomberg)
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By:
Costas Pitas
November 22, 2017 05:00 AM

LONDON -- Britain will increase the tax on new diesel cars that do not meet the latest emissions standards, providing another blow to the country's hard-pressed auto industry.

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