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LORRY DRIVERS RALLY * UK - Haulage firms in protest over fuel prices
Haulage firms in Northamptonshire are to throw their support behind a protest against the record fuel prices which is expected to bring central London to a standstill on Tuesday
Northampton,England,UK -The Northampton Chronicle & Echo, by Callum Jones -22 May 2008: -- ... Led by hauliers from Kent, hundreds of lorry drivers from different parts of the country will take part in what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in the capital... Wreford's Transport, based in Far Cotton, Northampton, said it was looking to send a truck to the demonstration, while three other Northamptonshire haulage firms, RJC Lowloaders Ltd, Mainland Group Ltd in Northampton, and Gibson's Haulage, said they sympathised with the protestors but would not be able to send a lorry driver... The protest comes at a time when diesel has soared past 120p a litre and follows a similar London protest involving dozens of hauliers a few weeks ago... A delegation will hand in a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding the introduction of an essential user rebate which would allow heavy goods vehicle operators to claim some of the fuel duty back... A member of Transaction 2007 who is helping to organise the protest, Mike Presneill, said: "Hundreds of UK transport firms are being driven to the wall. Thousands of UK jobs are being lost... (Picture: Hauliers have been hit by rising fuel prices)Labels: truckers' protests
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