The European Commission is to clamp down on seven member states, including the Germany and UK, for their role in not preventing the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the Government to take legal action against Volkswagen for the emissions scandal.

The Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Spain and the UK face legal action on the grounds that they have disregarded EU vehicle type approval rules by not forcing VW to comply with the law.

The EU could sue the Czech Republic, Greece and Lithuania because they failed to introduce penalties systems into their national law while it’s look to take action against Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and the UK for not applying their national provisions on penalties.

Germany and the United Kingdom were also told they broke the law by refusing to disclose full technical information on NOx emissions irregularities gathered in their national investigations.

Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, responsible for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, said: “Abiding by the law is first and foremost the duty of car manufacturers. But national authorities across the EU must ensure that car manufacturers actually comply with the law.”