Sadiq Khan asks car manufacturers to give funds towards tackling London’s toxic air

Mayor has written to BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen urging them to contribute funding to help combat UK pollution as they have done in Germany

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has written to three leading car manufacturers asking them to contribute to the fund set up to tackle the capital's air pollution crisis.

Khan has accused BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen of "double standards" after it emerged they had paid 223m to the German government's Sustainable Mobility Fund for Cities earlier this year, but have given nothing to the UK.