Think-tank calls for big changes to motoring taxation

Emma Woollacott
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LONDON, UK - JULY 20: Heavy traffic on british motorway M1 on July 20, 2012, London, UK. The M1 is a north-south motorway in Eng
LONDON, UK - JULY 20: Heavy traffic on british motorway M1 on July 20, 2012, London, UK. The M1 is a north-south motorway in Eng

Left-leaning think-tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has suggested changes to the motoring tax system that could see well-off drivers charged more.

In a series of proposals that it admits would "require a great deal of political courage", it calls for changes to fuel duty and road tax designed to reduce pollution and congestion.

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