| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Give us back our roads Ruth Cadbury | Forum Home |
| Posted by: | Nick Alesoch | |
| Date/Time: | 28/09/20 18:24:00 |
| Just to bring a few facts in Raymond. I found some information about road tax (it's actually VED not Road Tax). There are mentions of a time that you may be more familiar with; "The good old days." ************************ Vehicle Tax was first introduced in the 1888 budget. In 1920 it was updated so that it applied specifically to motor vehicles. The tax we now pay as drivers in the United Kingdom goes into the consolidated fund of 1926, which was set up by the by Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, Winston Churchill. Contrary to popular belief, road tax doesn’t actually pay for our roads. Our local and general tax pays for our roads, and the money we pay in road tax goes into the consolidation fund we mentioned above. Once upon a time, road tax did pay for our roads. But, the motorcar boom of 1896-1936 happened and the money the government received in vehicle tax simply wasn’t enough to cover our sudden need for more roads and roads of better quality. So the authorities, both local and general, stepped in and started paying for it. And since then, our roads are funded by the government and not directly by what we pay in road tax. |