MPs attack Volkswagen

Volkswagen has been challenged by the head of a committee of MPs over its “contempt” for British motorists affected by the diesel emissions scandal.

Labour MP Louise Ellman, chairwoman of the Commons’ Transport Select Committee, claimed the German manufacturer has shown a “reluctance to account for itself”.

In a letter to Hans Dieter Potsch, chairman of Volkswagen’s supervisory board, Ms Ellman wrote: “The refusal of Volkswagen to provide UK customers who were deceived by the company with compensation is deeply unfair.”