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Feb 2021
Staff at Harrogate Borough Council could soon be able to sacrifice some of their salary for an electric car.
Senior councillors on the authority's cabinet are set to vote today on a scheme which would see employees offered the chance to lease ultra low emission vehicles.
It comes as councillors passed a motion in April 2019 to support measures to address the climate emergency as outlined by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
However, a Liberal Democrat motion calling on the authority to declare a climate emergency has twice been rejected by councillors.
Further calls for a citizens' assembly on the climate have also been rejected.
The motion in 2019 put forward by council leader, Richard Cooper, and Cllr Graham Swift included a proposal for a salary sacrifice scheme for low emission vehicles.
Council officials said the move would help to reduce the authority’s carbon footprint and make savings on national insurance and pension contributions.
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