London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce next week a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, five years earlier than previously planned, the Financial Times has reported.

….Johnson now intended to move the date forward again to 2030 in a speech on environmental policy he is expected to give next week.

By Reuters (PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2020, 11.52am) first reported in Financial Times
For Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/)