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by **Judge** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:38 am

by sky news agency 10/7/08

Nearly nine million motorists will pay more road tax under the controversial changes to vehicle excise duty, it has emerged.The Government says the reforms - which will cost around 44% of drivers more money - are aimed at penalising the most polluting vehicles.

A third of car drivers are likely to be better off.

Official figures predict that 8.7 million vehicles will see tax increased in 2009-10 - all in the six most-polluting bands.

Exchequer Secretary Angela Eagle said five of the UK's 30 most popular cars would pay more under the changes.

They include the 2.2l diesel Land Rover Freelander, the 1.6l unleaded Toyota Auris, the 2.2l diesel Honda CR-V, the 1.8l unleaded Vauxhall Vectra and the 1.6l unleaded Vauxhall Zafira.

Ms Eagle gave the figures in a Commons written answer to shadow Treasury minister Justine Greening.

She said: "As a result of the Vehicle Excise Duty reforms announced at Budget 2008, in 2009-10, it is estimated that within the 13 new bands, a third of cars will be better off in real terms, and in total, approximately 55% of cars will be no worse off."

The controversial changes to VED were unveiled by Chancellor Alastair Darling in his first Budget, doubling the tax on some family saloons to £455.

They attracted criticism from all sides, with 50 Labour rebels signing a Commons motion branding the changes "retrospective" because they will apply to all cars registered since March 2001.

Sheila Rainger, head of campaigns for the RAC, told Sky News the changes don't seem to be about reducing pollution.

"If this was about going green then we would have higher charges for larger vehicles and smaller chages for less polluting cars.

"There is a problem with these changes, it applies to everyone who has bought a car since 2001, so how can that be about influencing future purchasing?

"You have already bought the car and you are going to get hammered by the Chancellor for having something you chose on the best information available seven or eight years ago.

"It is a really serious problem - what we want is people to buy news cars, they are always cleaner regardless of the engine size because of the technology, but now people are going to get stuck with more polluting cars so the opposite of the green plan is going to happen."

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of seeming to mislead Parliament over the figures.

Treasury officials said "nothing new" had been revealed by the figures.

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damn government, doesnt make any difference who is in power, they are all the same

by **RUSHIE#9** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:07 pm

They are no better than the common mugger. A couple of years ago the taxes on motorists were about trying to reduce pollution but now it's just a case of wringing every last penny out of the poor motorist.

I've had a 1.8 Focus for about three years now, when I got it I was paying about £60-70 for 6 months in road tax, come next year if I still had the same car I'll be paying £110 for 6 months. :angry:

The government are driving (no pun intended) this country back into the dark ages with this persistent robbery of the motorist!!!

I hate the fooking lot of 'em, sat down there in their posh-nob apartments and houses that we're paying for, being driven around in their Jaguars that we are probably taxing and fuelling for them. Whilst they dare to put our taxes up regularly and tell us to stop wasting food and asking for pay rises cause we're driving the country towards recession. :angry:

HOW FUCKING DARE THEY!! The lot of 'em couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery never mind run a country properly!! :veryangry

by **Number 9** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:15 pm

Its a fuc'king racket when you consider that around 60% of the price of fuel is tax!
Then they tax you again every 6 months or year.

This all of course comes out of your wages that they have already helped themselves to around 25% of before you get it!

Bast@rds I'd say if you sat down and worked it out what you get paid gross,then take off all the taxes you pay on food,fuel,bills etc the government are taking about half your wages every week/month!

by **Kash_Mountain** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:35 pm

RUSHIE#9 wrote:They are no better than the common mugger. A couple of years ago the taxes on motorists were about trying to reduce pollution but now it's just a case of wringing every last penny out of the poor motorist.

Rushie, believe me, this has never been about reducing pollution. It' always been about raising cash any which way they can by telling us that its for one thing when in all honesty it nomething else. They syhen every little penny from us in phases.

They try and pull the wool over our eyes but people are just so F**king fed up that I just think that the sh*ts going to it the fan big time.

We are all still paying for the WWs. Question is, what' really going on in the background? What' are they planning? Why do they want to bleed us all of our hard earned cash? Whose even running the country (Brown' just a puppet but whose puppet?

They are all F**king Bars**ds.

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