Further unpleasant surprises for motorists this month as the government seizes yet more money from us under threat of criminal sanction (what Gordon Brown calls ‘asking’) to help replace money wasted from earlier seizures.
Further unpleasant surprises for motorists this month as the government seizes yet more money from us under threat of criminal sanction (what Gordon Brown calls ‘asking’) to help replace money wasted from earlier seizures. This time it takes the form of car tax (VED) increases.
If your new car is in the new band M (255g/km CO2) you’ll pay £950 for your tax disc instead of £405. This will clobber not only British-built exotics such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin, but also Range Rovers, most new Jaguars and even the relatively modest Vauxhall Insignia. Band L (226–255g/km) will cost £750 and will clobber the Ford S-Max and Land Rover Discovery.
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