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Air pollution too high at 100s of London schools

HUNDREDS of London schools have toxic levels of air pollution with those in deprived areas worst affected, new figures showed yesterday.

Newly elected Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan said the 400 schools affected across the capital show an “ongoing crisis” across the city.

Mr Khan recently called for an urgent update of the figures claiming that his predecessor Boris Johnson had failed to inform Londoners how deprived schools were disproportionately affected by toxic air.

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