Does the Transport Secretary know how Britain’s roads are funded?
You and I know roads are not funded by motorists but by all tax-payers. This basic fact seems to elude Philip Hammond yet he’s the UK Transport Secretary. I have it on very good authority that a senior civil servant in the Department of Transport patiently explained the intricacies of roads funding to Mr Hammond […]
Does new Transport Minister know who pays for roads?
In an interview in tonight’s London Evening Standard, Phillip Hammond, the new Transport Secretary, said: “People feel, rightly, that our present roads are something they have already paid for with their taxes.” This was to poo-poo the idea of road charging and, technically, is dead right. The mistake would be if the Minister had said […]
