GREEN Party London mayoral candidate Sian Berry called yesterday on car manufacturers fiddling carbon emissions tests to pay for more buses and cycle lanes.

Ms Berry demanded a swift response from the Tory government and London Mayor Boris Johnson to the Volkswagen scandal.

She told the party’s autumn conference in Bournemouth: “Air pollution causes the early death of nearly 10,000 Londoners every year.

“The absolute scandal of Volkswagen cheating its emissions tests shows that we cannot rely on manufacturers’ pledges on cleaner vehicles to solve this problem.

“I am demanding prosecutions and an independent inquiry right now.

“And for car-makers who have lied to us and not cleaned up their cars?

“I want them to be made to pay for the buses, walking and bike infrastructure, trams and trains we need to reduce traffic and get people off the car dependence that leads them to buy cars in the first place.

“That would be real justice for this criminal fraud,” argued Ms Berry.