IFS recommends making a switch from motoring taxes to road pricing
New report finds that motoring-related taxes are already shrinking as a proportion of total receipts
By New Statesman Published 15 May 2012
A motorist drives in heavy traffic on the M25 motorway in London. Credit: Getty Images.
In a new report funded by the RAC Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) recommends a move to a more sustainable way of road pricing from motoring taxes.
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