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Introduce new taxes to reduce vehicle emissions
Should limitations and new taxes be introduced to reduce vehicle emissions?
Green Party The Green Party would increase road fuel tax incrementally until the revenue of fuel tax covers a high proportion of road traffic's external costs, with adjustments for transport use and the nature of the fuel. The Green Party will introduce a vehicle purchase tax on the purchase of all new vehicles, which would be steeply graded according to a vehicle's pollution level, fuel consumption and type of fuel. Maximum permissible lorry weights to 38 tonnes and adopt increasing taxation on vehicles of more than 20 tonnes. Lorry movements on Sundays should be prohibited throughout the EU as a first step to cutting long distance road freight.
Labour We rule out the introduction of national road pricing in the next Parliament [2010-2015].
Liberal Democrat Support ambitious EU vehicle emission standards and encourage the market for electric vehicles. We will set a target of 2040 for the date after which only ultra-low-carbon vehicles will be permitted on UK roads for non-freight purposes.
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