Call for stronger UK response to Volkswagen's emission scam

London

THE British government should take a tougher stance against Volkswagen (VW) after its emissions fraud, as well as increase the use of electric cars and reduce air pollution from transport, a parliamentary environment committee said on Thursday.

Almost a year after US regulators found that VW had cheated in diesel emissions tests, the British government has yet to decide what action to take against Europe's largest carmaker, even though it faces criminal investigations in the United States, South Korea and elsewhere.