Direct Line to pay £30m to overcharged car and home insurance customers

Company breached rules that state existing policyholders should not be charged more than new ones

Rented e-scooters cleared from Paris streets on eve of ban

Electric scooter rental experiment in French capital ends after 5 years of controversy

Bank of England must ‘see job through’ on cost of living; eurozone inflation higher than expected – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as easing of chip shortage boosts British car manufacturing by a third

Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded

Sadiq Khan defends expansion of ultra-low emission zone as government continues to criticise it

Government to use Ulez expansion to attack Labour over ‘war on motorists’

Ministers hope anti-green message will impress voters, as London mayor says he is ‘a doer, not a delayer’

Hundreds more rapid charging points installed in UK to help drivers go electric

Fast charging stations that allow for longer journeys are being added in regions beyond London

Ulez expansion: what you need to know – and how to get a charge-free car

The biggest change to London’s roads in decades launches on Tuesday. Here’s how avoid the fee

Views on London’s Ulez expansion: ‘Planet and health are more important than cars’

Readers say why they are for or against the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone across the capital

No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan

Rishi Sunak’s lack of support for expanded scheme risks stunting Londoners’ lungs, says mayor in run-up to Tuesday’s launch

How can our car insurance renewal go up by a shocking 180%?

We do very few miles and have four years’ no-claims discount

Drivers in Japan plied with alcohol to show drink-driving dangers

Initiative in Chikushino honours three children killed by drink-driver, with motorists learning first-hand how badly alcohol makes you drive

Save our seaside – campaign to give UK beach towns the same status as castles and historic houses

Votes invited for the public’s top 10 resorts and experiences, from beach huts and lidos to the Blackpool Tower

‘This is a public health crisis’: how the expansion of Ulez is affecting the daily lives of Londoners

Some welcome the low emissions zone, others question it … and many despise it. But almost everyone agrees something has to be done about air pollution in London

Europe hits roadblocks in the race to switch to electric cars

Despite progress towards a 2045 zero-emission goal, the high price of EVs has created a headache for governments

More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spaces

Fears over safety as analysis by Which? shows ‘autobesity’ epidemic means cars getting wider and longer