People in rural areas that need Landrovers/4 wheel drive vehicles because of where they live, the weather conditions (snow and ice), or for their business should not be penalised with a £400 + road tax bill. Okay for people in cities like London etc, but we who need big cars should be excempt.

George Matthews, Nr Coldingham, Scotland

There are as many taxes against the poorer people in this country as there were in the so called dark ages. People struggling on a daily basis, losing their homes & in fear of crime while this government lives in the lap of luxury. Bet they have a good laugh at the British public's generosity !

Karen, barry, Wales

We already pay an over charged rate of tax on our fuel, we have to pay tolls to use certain roads, £5.30 to cross the Severn Bridge (which goes straight to France) Public transport is neither safe or reliable so when you thought it couldn't get any worse out comes gordon with his ace card. Nice one

Martin Jones, Carmarthen, Wales

How can you justify this one Gordon? You have already taxed the road haulage industry to death with your fuel tax, it seems that the main financer for all your assylum seekers and benefit scroungers is the good old road user AGAIN ! Why do you need to rape us further ? Enjoy number 10 while you can

Martin Jones, Carmarthen, Wales

yet again its the working family who will lose out the most . even the highest car tax band wont effect those who have 4x4 ,if you can afford to run them you can certainly afford to tax them .its alright for mp's on their wages,two houses,cars and 3 months hols a year. oh what a hard life they have!

graeme, stirling,

this is just another way for greedy gordon and his robbers to have a pointless excuse to RIP OFF the public once again in the name of green taxes. no doubt the extra revenue will be wasted on mp,s expenses assylum seekers and benefit scroungers. We have had this burdon for too long .

pbuxton, durham,

they will get us all on bikes in the end,then it will be "oh you need tax and insurance for bikes now,"mark my words,then it will be on shoes !!!

CHRIS, WREXHAM, WALES

When my husband joins we as a pensioner in a few years we are going abroad to somewhere we can hope to be able to manage to live on our pensions. This Government is just like every other Labour Government during my lifetime - a total disaster for working people.

Helena, Poole, Dorset

I own a 4x4 and will pay max road tax and do 5000 mls a year i am selling it to my mate in Spain he does 25000 miles per year, thats saving the planet, Muppets in charge again.

Bill atkinson, York, England

Is this another way so that our MP,s can claim yet more lucrative payments into their gold plated pensions and allowance? These green taxes are a complete con .The amount of tax collected will just be moved into the treasury and used to pay the hidden costs of wars and games.

Christopher Marks, Derbyshire, England

When are we all going to learn? Labour doesn't care how much it punishes us. As long as they are increasing revenue to fund state benefits they are happy. They have to go.

judy, Liverpool, England

Once again, this is ill thought out. Some cars are used for under 3,000 miles per year, and some for over 30,000 miles per year. On this basis a lower taxed car could contribute greater pollution than older less efficient cars which are driven less. This is just another con trick by this Government.

Peter, Brixham, Devon

My car has more windows in it than others, perhaps Id better start blanking them off in case they decide to back tax.

We have two family cars, and BOTH will be paying more VED and worth less!

Labour will pay dearly for this at the next election !

Spineless blues wont revers this though!

Nic Wood, Sandwich, UK

How long must the overtaxed, fed up electorate wait for the headline "Vehicle Excise Duty tax hikes- Gordon Brown's Poll Tax?"

This tax is unfair, badly thought out and penalises large numbers of people who are struggling to get by....a bit like the Poll Tax.

NYChristine, New York, USA

It used to called a Road Fund Licence and the money raised from motorists funded road improvement - benefitting both motorists and inhabitants of towns or villages that were e.g., by-passed. Now it is just an intolerable burden on the motorist that fails to address transport problems or green issues

Paul Bartlett, Taunton,

Don't forget in the budget statement Labour announced an increased "showroom" tax on new cars too. There is no escape! Next will be a vehicle destruction tax so they levy a tax on those that cant afford their car, cant sell it and need to have it disposed of....

M Jeffs, Bucks, UK

Another kick in the teeth for the POOR family ! thank you gordon.

elmars Liepins, plymouth, devon

People who cannot afford to change their cars every 3 years are now to be hit with another stealth tax. Once again, Gordon is hitting the poorest hardest. The value of many older cars will now be wiped out so it will be impossible to sell them anyway. Well done Gordon - another nail in the coffin

Donna Walker, Effingham, England

If my car was 2 months older than it is, I would avoid these rises -even though it's an LPG car!
The insanity is it now becomes cheaper for me to drive down here to Spain (on LPG), convert it to LHD and register it here. I could then use it in Britain again for 6 months at a time if I choose.

Paul M, Puerto del Rosario, Spain

And now they have paid the form of democratic tax bad politics pays. They're sooooo over. Nulabour, same old ending.
So Dave, what will you do, and you in the media, make sure you ask him.

Tom Taylor-Duxbury, Ludlow, UK

Oh well, there goes my car! Thank you very much new liarbour! Now youre happy youve grounded me, will you get some buses on to serve me, or even a train service that stops at my local station at weekends?
No? Well thats it - another housebound pensioner!
BG

Bill Glanvill, Godmanchester, UK

yet another example of labour taxing the poor. if you cant afford to buy a new car, you will pay more tax, and if you own an older car then you lose on it's re-sale value. wonderful.

matt, brighton,

Bit late to start listening.

Simon Marshland, Bath, uk

What amazes me out of all the TAX, TAX, TAX and TAX again (just for good measure), is that the politicians who impose all these taxes to pay for their reckless and illegal wars, then wonder why they are not popular - even with their core voters.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

Labour have one policy TAX, TAX, TAX. If you need any indication why Labour did so bad at the local elections I suggest they learn to reduce the direct/indirect TAX burden.

Labour's green policy is just another TAX policy!

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

This is not 'Green' taxation it is just yet another stealth tax. Yet again those families on moderate to low incomes will suffer.

Mike, Gravesend, England

Yet again Labour hits those in our society that are on low incomes. I'm not sure they are getting the message! Their core support is leaving them,

Alistair, Edinburgh,