Any excuse for a tax - greener the better

Green campaigner backs £2K a year tax for gaz guzzlers |

Road tax for people buying Britain's biggest gas-guzzling cars should increase almost 10-fold to £2,000 in next week's budget in order to cut down on emissions of greenhouse gases, Friends of the Earth said today.

In a week dominated by all three main political parties boasting of their green credentials, the environmental lobby group said the chancellor, Gordon Brown, should make an immediate start on meeting the government's pledge of a 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050.