Frankly, on taxation, we in Britain get what we deserve.We seem to lack ANY motivation for collective complaint. Despite enormous tax increases over 10 years we see little significant public services or NHS benefits. The money is being squandered. Transport related taxation measures announced in the budget 21/3/07 will NOT benefit the environment. Frankly, we deserve better leadership than this. For example, it would be fair to increase tax specifically matched to the cost of providing carbon offset programmes (eg cost to plant more trees & high growth rate plants that consume the CO2 by photosyntheses). And lets see some TRUE environmental leadership from our political leaders by them influencing other countries to cut CO2 emissions, starting with our "special relationship" USA "partner" who causes 25% of the WORLDS CO2 production compared to our 2%. Lets collectively get VOCAL & DEMAND better & more imaginative leadership and less state taxation without proportionate benefits.

Alistair Beveridge, Largs, Scotland

after reading the views here I hope that the complainants won't go out at the next election be they local or national and vote them back in for another term. We British moan but we don't do anything, so govts. think they can get away with anything. Admittedly the other bunch aren't any better but we need to show the government is meant to serve the people and not to continually rip us off lining their own pockets with inflated expenses claims and giving themselves 22% pay rises. And with this dreadful government and another dreadful party waiting in the wings is the reason why I'm applying to emigrate.

Tony, Bourne, UK

So whats new after 10 years. My only comment is God help us if and when gordon brown ever becomes PM. we will just become a socialist bananna republic. If I was younger I would emmigrate.
The real problem that no politician will grasp is the geometric growth of the world population which is the underlying cause of all the serious problems both nationally and internationally. But i suppose that is just too hot a potatoe!

John Mcara, Callington, Cornwall

I am sick of this government, anything to get yet more taxes out of the uk people.

Are we not taxed enough?, what about the horendous rises in council tax?, so that with running a car and running a home, its a wonder we can survive in this country at all.

Jason, Bournemouth, Dorset

Thank god i left the UK 40 YRS ago.& to think we in the US complain about 30 P a liter.
About time you guys had a revolution.

brian lee, medina, usa ohio

Thank goodness i have never voted Labour. So called "party of the working man" That's a laugh, they are going to make Britain a very uncompetitive country to do business in with it's high tax economy. Then again who says we are not at the moment...

ANDREW EZEA, london, Uk

I've converted my Defender (a working vehicle) to run on vegetable oil, cost £1200. However, after duties, VAT and 10% loss of economy it is cheaper to run on fossil fuel. Oh, and my tax will be doubled. I do my bit to reduce fossil fuel CO2 and get clobbered, cheers Gordon.

Jim Guy, South Brent,

Mr Blair and his croney Mr Brown could alter the emmissions TODAY by useing fuel made from sugar beet or linseed or oil seed Rape, they choose to ignore this because you would want a reduction in petrol prices, We all could benefit from this TODAY, but you can use it as long as you PAY the DUTY at there usual rate of TODAY.. These people are the most two faced people on the planet, you can go GREEN but they don`t want to rock the boat while doing it, After all it is our money they are playing with all the time..
They want your MONEY ONLY and to hell with how the planet suffers.
When they say it is important to do this why are we still burning fossil fuels when it could be changed and emit no gases from cars what ever.. They are just thieves in disguise..
When they want to get women off the streets, they advocate they should be legalised in houses or flats, and checked for diseases, What does that make them,, (PIMPS) living off the bodys of women who may have no alternative..

C Dakin, Wisbech, UK

I have to laugh at Gordon Browns Buget. I am a community nurse looking after people in the community and a car is essential to my job. Mr Brown put up the fuel which goes into my car and the tax which i need to run my car on the road but gives me and colleges like me 1.9% rise in wages and fails to increase car allowences I get for using my own car, which I am also taxed on. And he talks about improving the NHS "What a joke".

tony t, liverpool,

why are the goverment killing the average person with higher and higher tax for a item that is used mainly to get to work due to the fact that our public transport system is hugly expensive and inefficent.
the answer is simple, to hid the ever increasing gaffs and cost over runs, just look at the olympics goverment says £2.3B not even 18months on revised cost 9.3B - even my builders aren't that bad!

graham, uk,

what a joke petrol up tax up,maybe mr brown should pay for his own tax insted off ripping off his voters

joe, coventry, england

i feel diapointed as many people about the car tax increases, we put all our family saving to buy a gas converted range rover and i have brought a caravan so as a family we could afford holidays for the children, but as a normal working family hardship has to come into our life yet again ,as we seem to get going in life then we find steif taxes and ones that labour feel they can tell us about that they are putting up.And then we have to start all over again planning our life out so we can live a normal life without debt and hardship. i think labour can go to hell im no better off for working hard and trying to plan a cheaper future.

keith smith, Coseley, west midlands

When Prescott was minister he told us that converting our vehicles to LPG was the best thing for all,low price of fuel,no noxiuos emmisions etc etc ..........He also promised that the duty on this fuel would be kept low. I used some of my redundancy money and went on a course to install LPG systems on cars,my own was the car I passed the tests on and was duly registered with the LPGA.
Now as my car is a Range Rover as are the many I have converted, we are told that it is going to make no difference to our tax we pay even if we have lowered our emmisions to practically zero. My car starts on LPG and does not need any petrol at all and what does he do , he puts 4p per litre on LPG from October. We get conned all ways. In Italy there is a move to make LPG powered vehicles tax exempt ,and there are alot of cars there run LPG or CNG systems and to my way of thinking this a move we should be encouraging here, BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!

W H Berry, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE

Yes all very good for the Treasury, but not good for the
enviroment. The money should be put into a seperate pot to improve the enviroment.

R.Melor, Stone, Staffordshire

Introduce "proportional representation" straight away and effect the Dunfermline principle, then "England" will no longer have the majority of its voters rampaged and plundered by the red minority (32% at the last election) and Scotland can then enjoy the benefits of Mr Brown and his brothers if Mr Salmond does not do for them first.

m.a.clifton, Chichester, England

The fuel and car tax duties seem about in line with inflation to me, which just shows what a great lie the headline figure is. We quite simply cannot and should not trust these liars with our money.

Brown sold 14.5m ounces of our gold at about £129 an oz, today the price is £337. That's enough to buy a £10,000 car for 300,000 households. Admittedly under his tax regime they wouldn't be able to drive it, but thats real poverty reduction.

William David, Winchester,