Drivers could face £150 motorway "poll tax"

New legislation being proposed by the Treasury could see motorists charged an extra £150 a year to use motorways and A-roads in the UK. The move has been dubbed a "poll tax on wheels" by Edmund King, president of the AA.

The Sunday Times revealed the billions of pounds raised by the charge would be handed to private firms to pay for the management of up to 12,000 miles of existing motorways, dual carriageways and major roads.