Tim Almond

From The Times:

Alistair Darling is planning a series of green taxes designed to force consumers to become more environmentally friendly. The centrepiece of the chancellor’s first budget is expected to be a levy on new cars, which could put £2,000 on the price of the largest “gas guzzlers”.

However, it will hit also families buying saloons, estates and people carriers. “People don’t take much account of the cost of car tax and fuel when buying a car, it is the price sticker in the showroom that makes the difference,” said a senior Treasury official.

Given the choice between spending £2k, or spending about £100 on a trip to Ghent (including a slap up binge of moules frites and Chimay) to pick up a new car there, which would you pick?

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