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I get that the whole topic is more complicated.
But this additional levy is pretty simple. It is about protecting the health of people in London due to a specific pollution problem that has not been met.
The argument about the poor is weak imo. 2mins on auto trader....
2007
50k
MPV
1.6l petrol
<£400
autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201608297245816?tech=1
The real cost of a car is the running cost; fuel, insurance, servicing, etc.
Also marcom, if poor people have to clean rich peoples' toilets that is a situation that exists independent to an emissions charge. While I don't have the data, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's unlikely that the cleaner of a Bugatti owner in London is going to be driving to work.