THE UK GOVERNMENT has been urged to delay its ban on sales of new pure petrol and diesel cars following the EU’s decision to modify its own deadline to make it more lenient. Senior automotive industry

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With Andrew ‘Chef’ Prendergast, White Dalton Solicitors

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