“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. #ClimateCrisis #RailFates #FuelDuty
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Is Reeves still the green chancellor after her budget? Yes … and no https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/reeves-green-chancellor-budget-climate-environment #Greenhousegasemissions #Autumnbudget2024 #Energyefficiency #Renewableenergy #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Roadtransport #Greenpolitics #RachelReeves #Greeneconomy #Biodiversity #Environment #Fuelduty #Politics #Flooding #Wildlife #Farming #UKnews #Budget #Labour #Energy
The Guardian · Is Reeves still the green chancellor after her budget? Yes … and no
And 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.
Continued thread
Told you they’d bottle it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9zrg128get?post=asset%3Ae7466e0c-1b97-4dab-9bd8-fd9cb5642113#post
BBC NewsBudget 2024 live: Rachel Reeves says Budget will raise taxes by £40bn as she pledges NHS and housing investmentThe chancellor says the government will raise £25bn from increasing employers' National Insurance contributions, as Rishi Sunak hits out at "record" tax rises.
Continuing 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.
Bring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/23/pay-per-mile-road-pricing-system-tony-blair-thinktank #Electric,hybridandlow-emissioncars #Travelandtransport #Taxandspending #Greenpolitics #RachelReeves #Petrolprices #Environment #TonyBlair #Fuelduty #Politics #Motoring #Budget #UKnews #Money #Tax
The Guardian · Bring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank
Even the RAC says the government should do the right thing (albeit for the wrong reasons in their case) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2nrneym82o
BBC NewsFuel duty: Get rid of 5p cut, RAC tells chancellorThe motoring group claims retailers not drivers have benefitted from lower tax on petrol and diesel.
'#UK #FuelDuty cut is #regressive policy that benefits the wealthy, study finds
#Chancellor’s 5p freeze will save £60 a year for well-off #motorists compared with just £22 for lower earners'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/06/uk-fuel-duty-cut-regressive-policy-benefits-wealthy-study
#ToryPoliciesInAction
The Guardian · UK fuel duty cut is regressive policy that benefits the wealthy, study finds
'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'
'around £5bn is expected to be accounted for by freezing fuel duty again'
The Guardian · Tax and spending cuts will backfire, economists warn Jeremy Hunt
'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.'
https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/11/15/transport-poverty-cars-are-making-us-poor/
ETA · Transport poverty: Cars are making us poor | ETARunning a car is the single largest household expense (excluding mortgage repayments) for rural families, and the second largest for urban ones. As a
The FT's focus on #taxation has moved on to the taxation of motoring;
As they point out (currently) zero-rated #electricvehicles count for around one in six car sales & #fuelduty 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?
Fuel duty frozen! More pollution and congestion! #budget #FuelDuty #pollution #congestion
If 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 #carbrain ideology that screws over everyone who needs or wants to travel without a car.
Chancellor urged to extend fuel duty cut as drivers face ‘pump price shock’
#rishisunak “expresses his gratitude” for #nhs staff and #nurses. That’s ok then. Will it help them with the #economic crisis (#electiricty, #fuel #fuelduty) #strikes. How far are we from a national strike?