Tax burden shift would bring careful driving

I AM probably one of the few motorists who would rather see petrol taxes rise rather than fall – provided the extra revenue is used to raise the threshold for income tax.

The higher price should mean that people will drive more carefully and share vehicles more often. This would much improve conditions on the roads.

We have no control over the amount of income tax we pay, but motorists would have the option of paying less petrol tax by using less petrol. At the same time, we should abolish the car licence and cars could display an insurance disc, and the companies could collect a suitable tax. The disc could have a large black dot at the top, and a quarter inch wide strip pointing to a number from one to 12 to show which month the disc runs out.

From: Hilary Andrews, Wentworth Court, Nursery Lane, Leeds.

AM I the only person who thinks that this Government’s so-called U-turns are a good thing?

What is wrong about adapting your policies to changes in the eurozone?

Personally, I welcome the fact that I won’t have to pay 3p more per litre for my petrol.

From: Allan Ramsay, Radcliffe Moor Road, Radcliffe, Manchester.

ARE we supposed to thank George Osborne for delaying the fuel increase? Some might, but with the gap between rich and poor increasing by the second, it can only end in more losers than winners?

Looking to poverty; the future; the bigger picture, much more is needed!