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Pedestriansfirst“Rail passengers in England and Wales face steep fares rise from Sunday. Campaigners say if government can find money to freeze fuel duty for motorists they can do similar for railways.” Don’t be silly. We have private rail companies who need profits and a motor industry and petrol heads to appease. Climate crisis? What climate crisis. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RailFates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RailFates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a>

Climate crisis | The GuardianIs Reeves still the green chancellor after her budget? Yes … and no <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/reeves-green-chancellor-budget-climate-environment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/reeves-green-chancellor-budget-climate-environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Greenhousegasemissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenhousegasemissions</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Autumnbudget2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autumnbudget2024</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Energyefficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energyefficiency</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renewableenergy</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extremeweather</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Roadtransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roadtransport</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Greenpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenpolitics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Greeneconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greeneconomy</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Fuelduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fuelduty</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Farming</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a>

BicycleBenAnd rail fares are going up by more than inflation again too, also in the context of the bus fare cap rise, while drivers receive another long-standing fuel duty freeze.So, no effort to remove car dependency and encourage more sustainable transport choices.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKLabour</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKBudget</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trains</a>

PhilTold you they’d bottle it.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9zrg128get?post=asset%3Ae7466e0c-1b97-4dab-9bd8-fd9cb5642113#post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9zrg128get?post=asset%3Ae7466e0c-1b97-4dab-9bd8-fd9cb5642113#post</a><a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/TransportPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransportPlanning</a> <a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a>

BicycleBenContinuing the fuel duty freeze *again* at a cost of £3bn while increasing the bus fair cap by 50% ... that shows the government's transport priorities then, and the car wins. Again. Screw everyone who can't, can't afford to, or does not want to drive.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKBudget</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Driving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Driving</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKLabour</a>

Environment | The Guardian USBring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/23/pay-per-mile-road-pricing-system-tony-blair-thinktank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/23/pay-per-mile-road-pricing-system-tony-blair-thinktank</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electric</a>,hybridandlow-emissioncars <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Travelandtransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Travelandtransport</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Taxandspending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxandspending</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Greenpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenpolitics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Petrolprices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petrolprices</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/TonyBlair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TonyBlair</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Fuelduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fuelduty</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Motoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Motoring</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Money</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a>

PhilEven the RAC says the government should do the right thing (albeit for the wrong reasons in their case) - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2nrneym82o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2nrneym82o</a><a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/TaxCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxCars</a> <a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://folksocial.org/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

SubtleBlade ⚔️'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> cut is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/regressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regressive</a> policy that benefits the wealthy, study finds<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chancellor</a>’s 5p freeze will save £60 a year for well-off <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorists</a> compared with just £22 for lower earners' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/06/uk-fuel-duty-cut-regressive-policy-benefits-wealthy-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/06/uk-fuel-duty-cut-regressive-policy-benefits-wealthy-study</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToryPoliciesInAction</a>

Jon PENNYCOOK'Tax and spending cuts will backfire, economists warn Jeremy Hunt Former Treasury aides say the chancellor is courting danger on UK debt and that fiscal rules must go'<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/02/tax-and-spending-cuts-will-backfire-economists-warn-jeremy-hunt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/02/tax-and-spending-cuts-will-backfire-economists-warn-jeremy-hunt</a>'around £5bn is expected to be accounted for by freezing fuel duty again'<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeremyHunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeremyHunt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#austerity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorists</a>

Jon PENNYCOOK'Running a car is the single largest household expense (excluding mortgage repayments) for rural families, and the second largest for urban ones.' 'freezing fuel duty has done little to alleviate transport poverty. Despite costing £100 billion in lost revenue over the last 12 years, the fuel duty freeze has decreased poverty by just 0.3 percentage points.'<a href="https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/11/15/transport-poverty-cars-are-making-us-poor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/11/15/transport-poverty-cars-are-making-us-poor/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cars</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorists</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayThe FT's focus on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxation</a> has moved on to the taxation of motoring;As they point out (currently) zero-rated <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electricvehicles</a> count for around one in six car sales & <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fuelduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuelduty</a> accounts for around 2% of all Govt. revenue; with no other changes the shift to EVs erodes the UK effective tax base.FT's solution is mile/road pricing. To manage this shift they suggest running the two systems in parallel with the latter managed via EV's internal software reporting.Q. is: who could sell this idea?

PedestriansfirstFuel duty frozen! More pollution and congestion! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#congestion</a>

BicycleBenIf you cut £380m from active travel, but don't claim £6bn by increasing fuel duty, you're not doing it to "balance the books". It's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/carbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbrain</a> ideology that screws over everyone who needs or wants to travel without a car. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKBudget</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Budget2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget2023</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Motornormativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Motornormativity</a>

NationalWorld News⛽ Chancellor urged to extend fuel duty cut as drivers face ‘pump price shock’Reverting or increasing tax could push petrol and diesel prices beyond March 2022 levels, the RAC has warned<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Petrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petrol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Diesel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diesel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FuelDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuelDuty</a> <a href="https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/cars/spring-budget-2023-chancellor-urged-extend-fuel-duty-cut-drivers-pump-price-4048366" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/cars/spring-budget-2023-chancellor-urged-extend-fuel-duty-cut-drivers-pump-price-4048366</a>

Nikos Davies-Tsagkadakis<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rishisunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rishisunak</a> “expresses his gratitude” for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nhs</a> staff and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nurses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nurses</a>. That’s ok then. Will it help them with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economic</a> crisis (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/electiricty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electiricty</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuel</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fuelduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuelduty</a>) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/strikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strikes</a>. How far are we from a national strike?

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