Councils cracking down on car drivers and installing unpopular Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs) are spending tens of thousands of pounds on taxis for their own staff.
Shocking data reveals how ten local authorities praised for their environmental action are forking out huge sums of taxpayers' cash to pay for chauffeurs and minicabs.
Ealing council in west London - which declared a climate emergency in 2019 and committed itself to 'urgent action' to combat climate change - has spent at least £30,000 on cars in the past three years, according to figures obtained by The Times.
But the real amount is likely to be much higher because the west London authority refused to reveal taxis that may have been put through as 'other business expenses'.
The council's 'Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy' promises that the borough will be carbon neutral by 2030.
