Retrospective VED increases to be dropped.

[Baby Huey]

Just reported on Sky news that it will be announced on Tuesday that the increases on VED going back to 2001 and will be postponed by the Govt. and probably dropped for good.

Woo, and indeed, Hoo!!!

[Distant]

God I hope you're right! I'm checking the web in eager anticipation now!!

[useyourdellusion]

Always thought it was a step too far. Labour can't afford to piss anyone off any more.

[Baby Huey]

It was on the paper review, story was in The Telegraph.

[Shaw Tarse]

Linky??

[Baby Huey]

Sorry, story is in Tuesday's Telegraph.

[Olf]

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.

Thanks for that Gordo. Now fk off.

[dougc]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3429019/Labour...

[Baby Huey]

Cheers Doug.

[GKP]

I'm confused. I thought the world was going to explode or something if we didn't pay more taxes. So does the recession mean that baby seals will no longer be clubbed with sunburnt penguins?

[LeoSayer]

I think they would have dropped regardless of the recession, it was grossly unfair and would have been deeply unpopular with the general public.

Great news.

[EDLT]

They will be brought in just after an election so it will look like the Torys did it.

[useyourdellusion]

LeoSayer said:

I think they would have dropped regardless of the recession, it was grossly unfair and would have been deeply unpopular with the general public.

Great news.

+1

Exactly my thoughts from day one!

Edited by useyourdellusion on Monday 10th November 23:09

[Mars]

So, deferred for a year, rather than dropped.

[LeeME3]

Fingers crossed - pick up my RX8 in a couple of days (yes, I know it should have been last Friday but my bank are utterly utterly useless and took 5 days to do a 3 day transfer - apparently the day you initiate and the day it arrives don't count all of a sudden!) - pretty sure it was heading for the top whack band.

'coures, I still shan't be voting for this shower of sh!t who claim they know what's good for me!

[black sabbath2]

About time they dropped it,albeit short term.Prices of pre 2001 cars seem to be more popular than ever

[Baby Huey]

Mars said:

So, deferred for a year, rather than dropped.

That's how they reported it on Sky, reading the Telegraph piece it's not really the case.

[Alex]

Ignoring the excessive increase in road-tax since 1997, what the current system highlights is Gordon's obsession with meddling and over-complicating things. We used to have a single road-tax that everyone understood, now we have one that is based on (deep breath) exhaust emissions, fuel type and age, unless your car is pre-2001, in which case it's based on engine size.

[useyourdellusion]

LeeME3 said:

Fingers crossed - pick up my RX8 in a couple of days (yes, I know it should have been last Friday but my bank are utterly utterly useless and took 5 days to do a 3 day transfer - apparently the day you initiate and the day it arrives don't count all of a sudden!) - pretty sure it was heading for the top whack band.

'coures, I still shan't be voting for this shower of sh!t who claim they know what's good for me!

It was indeed! Mine was going to be £320? a year. I only cover 6k miles in that time in it (no commuting). How is that fair?

[LeeME3]

useyourdellusion said:

LeeME3 said:

Fingers crossed - pick up my RX8 in a couple of days (yes, I know it should have been last Friday but my bank are utterly utterly useless and took 5 days to do a 3 day transfer - apparently the day you initiate and the day it arrives don't count all of a sudden!) - pretty sure it was heading for the top whack band.

'coures, I still shan't be voting for this shower of sh!t who claim they know what's good for me!

It was indeed! Mine was going to be £320? a year. I only cover 6k miles in that time in it (no commuting). How is that fair?

Excellent, if its true I'll spend the saving on fuel (which, in an RX8 shouldn't take long by all accounts, but that's where the fun is!).