Government Increase Car Tax
July 11, 2008
What Else:Some poor buggers are going to have to pay up to £245 more for their car tax according to reports I heard on the radio today - £245!!
Vehicle excise duty is due to rise for approximately 43 per cent of all vehicles manufactured in the last 7 years. Only around 18 per cent will fall. The worst offenders in terms of pollution will find themselves out of pocket by around £245.
Downing Street has said that the tax is not in an attempt to cut carbon emissions. Though, Friends of the Earth have called for the revenue to put into better and greener public transport services.
On the opposite side of the fence the AA has said that this has confirmed
“our worst fears”.
I’m personally not that bothered; I drive a relic and it has about the same amount of power as a lawn mower. I wish I could believe that the increase in revenue would go towards better public services as we pretty much have the worst and most expensive trains in Europe, though I doubt that very much!
In the end, I think that the most of Britain will find it difficult to be too sympathetic with those who come under the new legislation and therefore car tax increases. If they wished to, they could always get a banger like the rest of us!
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