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Sort of good news ????????????? - Jul. 4 2008 18:47:42
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Colin
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7484478.stm
Bill passes after rethink on duty  The rebellion over car taxes is the latest budget headache for ministers The government has said it will re-examine controversial plans to raise vehicle excise duty (VED) on the most polluting cars.
The assurances came during a debate on the measures, when ministers saw off a potential rebellion by Labour MPs.
Backbenchers now expect an announcement that the measures will be "phased in" rather than brought in straight away.
Under the plans, branded unfair by the Tories, some motorists face VED rises of up to £245 on their cars.
Rebels
Nearly 50 Labour MPs had signed a motion calling for the government to reconsider its VED plans.
But only six Labour rebels voted against the government after ministers gave assurances of a rethink.
  What kind of policy creates a situation where the owner of new Porsche will face a smaller tax increase than a family driving an older car?  Justine Greening
Shadow Treasury Minister 
Car tax rates for 2009 Treasury Minister Angela Eagle said had been listening to the concerns of Labour MPs and ministers were looking at ideas put forward to help hard-pressed motorists and hauliers.
Labour's Ronnie Campbell said he had been assured the issue would be re-examined at the pre-Budget report in the autumn, when ministers are expected to say it will be phased in.
The vote came after a heated debate in which the Conservatives said that 2.3 million families will pay between £100 and £245 more on each car they already own as changes apply to cars registered since 2001.
A Tory bid to stop the road tax changes applying to cars registered before March 2006 was lost by 63 votes.
Shadow Treasury minister Justine Greening branded the measure "unfair".
Older cars
Ms Greening said: "The people who are being affected are people with older cars, they are people with family cars, they are people on low incomes and they are people who can't afford to upgrade to a less polluting car," she told MPs.
"What kind of policy creates a situation where the owner of a new Porsche will face a smaller tax increase than a family driving an older car?"
She claimed it would have "no benefit to the environment" and would "penalise people" who made decisions about the cars they bought up to seven years ago.
She also said the Treasury's take from the rising costs of car tax would increase from £1.9bn in 2006 to £4.4bn in 2010, but without helping the environment.
But Ms Eagle said the Tory plans were "undesirable, unworkable and down right peculiar". Previous changes to vehicle excise duty had always applied to cars already on the road, she said.
Applying new road tax rates to vehicles after a certain date would be "difficult to determine, understandably complex" and would "create confusion" particularly in the second-hand car market, she added.
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RE: Sort of good news ????????????? - Jul. 4 2008 22:58:16
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Wobblychef
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Three of our cars are registered after 2001.
In fact, only the 5.7l Chevy is unaffected ! Then again, it also has the lowest emissions (and sounds the sweetest...).
I reckon driving pre-71 cars conerted to run on lpg will soon be the only way to be able to run anything as a hobby.
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