The DVLA has signed a new contract with NCP designed to double the number of untaxed cars removed from Britain’s roads.

The rate of removal will be increased to 2,000 vehicles a week. Unclaimed vehicles will be crushed.

NCP's new fleet of vans is equipped with Automatic Number Plate Reader (ANPR) technology and will scan number plates, automatically checking them against a list of untaxed vehicles. Those identified as untaxed will be clamped and impounded. Those not claimed after seven days can be crushed.