Government Losing VEDTaxes to greening of car fleet

[jensenhealey2]

I am surprised PH has not yet picked up on this story from today's Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring...

As ever the government wants all our taxes and if we change behavior to reduce the tax burden they will skin us another way. This too, in the same week that pasties, caravans and charitable donations all benefit from U turns, AKA "listening".

I seem to recall some minister saying het coalition was the end of government warfare on the motorist (or some such) - doesn't look like that now.

See also Silverfoxcc's thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[clarkey328is]

jensenhealey2 said:

I am surprised PH has not yet picked up on this story from today's Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring...

As ever the government wants all our taxes and if we change behavior to reduce the tax burden they will skin us another way. This too, in the same week that pasties, caravans and charitable donations all benefit from U turns, AKA "listening".

I seem to recall some minister saying het coalition was the end of government warfare on the motorist (or some such) - doesn't look like that now.

See also Silverfoxcc's thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Good, at least the smug tts will have a right to be on the road now. Pre 2001 cars are going to go up in price again