Grantham residents’ anger at high motoring taxes
Apr 2012 30

Grantham residents’ anger at high motoring taxes4

TPA supporters braved the wind and rain in Grantham on Saturday to campaign for lower fuel taxes. We were protesting against George Osborne’s proposed 3p per litre increase in Fuel Duty, scheduled for August, and collected signatures on our petition calling on him scrap those plans and commit to further reductions.

Despite the rain, local people stopped and signed the petition, angry the Government is still willing to heap more pain on motorists. For those living in rural areas in particular, filling up their cars with petrol or diesel is not a luxury, it is a necessity. It is the only way they can get to work, go to the shops and lead normal family life. Motoring taxes hit those in South Kesteven, which covers the Grantham area, harder than they do in any other part of Lincolnshire. Residents there pay over £440 per year in excessive motoring taxes. Many said to us they have to think before they make a journey and ask themselves if they can afford it. Excessively high motoring taxes are having a detrimental impact on the way they lead their lives.

We will be back in Lincolnshire ahead of August, and in other parts of the country too. If you want to help us send a message to the Chancellor that enough is enough, please get in touch with me.

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Andrew is the National Grassroots Coordinator, and helps our activists across the country organise campaigns on local issues.



  • john in cheshire

    Good luck to all of you who are taking part in these protests. I hope you have success.

  • Blarg1987

    To play devils advocate, if you wish motoring taxes to be reduced, where would you get the money from to run the service? Most of our neighbours have higher direct taxes or toll roads or both to pay for both infastrucutre and all state sectors.
    Efficnecy savings can only go sso far unless you want to remove profit altogeather which would mean renationalisation.