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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK - Stobart boss calls for industry to unite on fuel duty lobbying
Appleton Thorn,Warrington,UK -Road Transport, by Christopher Walton -17 May 2010: -- Stobart Group chief executive, Andrew Tinkler, has called on the industry to work together and ensure that the new government understands the impact that the high level of fuel duty is having on the road transport industry... Speaking shortly after the coalition government between the Conservative and Liberal Democrats was formed, Tinkler said it was up to the transport associations to make sure that the government knew the real-world impacts of high fuel costs... At the same time the Road Haulage Association has welcomed reports that the new transport minister, Philip Hammond, could consult on the introduction of a fuel duty stabiliser...* New Transport Secretary will bring in fuel stabiliser
London,UK -Transport Engineer, by Joihn Challen -20 May 2010: -- Phillip Hammond, the newly appointed Transport Secretary, has wasted no time in setting out his own agenda for the future of the UK's transport and logistics sector... Hammond has said that the new government will seek to bring in a fuel price stabiliser, which will ultimately lead to a reduction in taxes, should the price of oil rise. He also ruled out the introduction of road pricing, a key point in the Liberal Democrats' manifesto... However AA president, Edmund King, is more measured in his acceptance. "We have had 13 transport secretaries in 22 years, so on average they have served only about 20 months each," says King. "Perhaps we need a fixed term Transport Secretary as well as a fixed term parliament."...
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