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AS a former Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond knows all about drivers, the vehicles they use, highways they drive and frustrations they endure. What’s more, he’s more aware than most that we drivers cough up £165million a day in road-user taxation (vehicles, fuel, vehicle insurance, etc), tolls, duties, levies and other iffy charges. This £60billion per annum goes direct to HM Treasury – a department he now runs as Chancellor.
I was expecting – and thankfully, heard – a largely driver-friendly Budget speech from him last week. True, he broke taxation promises previously published in his Conservative party manifesto, although he didn’t give motorists the sort of brutal kicking they’ve suffered in the past.
But with so many comparatively cheap and easy fixes desperately needed on…
