Sir Keir Starmer, Ed Miliband and other members of the Cabinet have been pummeled by more than 30,000 emails as angry motorists call on him to scrap his date from which petrol and diesel cars will be banned. In April, the Prime Minister confirmed an end to the sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles in 2030 . Hybrid cars, however, can be flogged until 2035, and smaller car manufacturers avoid the rules completely. But campaigners want to see Britain's deadline brought in line with the European Union's - 2040 - as they are "worried sick about the high cost of driving and the undemocratic imposition".

Howard Cox, the founder of FairFuelUK, said: “The Government is sleepwalking into an economic Armageddon which they can easily avoid. FairFuelUK’s supporters call on Keir Starmer to put an end

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