Getting better all the time? Not any more… | Brief letters

VW pollution | Convalescence | Train guards | Unite election | Hellebores | Cocaine capital“We continue to push VW to take action to compensate the UK consumer,” says the Department for Transport (Report, 12 December). But why is it that comment on the “dieselgate” scandal focuses on compensation to owners? It is city residents in general that suffer the health impacts, and it is the NHS that bears the costs of caring for them. VW should make payments that reflect th