GRISTOCK NGER AT BUDGET
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E recent Budget increases nothing to help the Gonment's declared intention ontain inflation, and a rise ransport costs mean a rise he cost of living.
peaking at the Road Hall Association Agristock ference dinner in Droith last week, RHA chairman k Male went on to slam the r of social taxes being ed on road transport.
he White Paper, he said, uld aim to establish the tern of transport over the t few years, but there uld be no reference to -called social costs".
hese he claimed were .ely "a means of collecting mue without having to ify it".
his television broadcast, tncellor Denis Healey did say how he intended to rid the extra money. Per s it would be used for ble glazing windows or structing new roads away n built-up areas.
he RHA would certainly ce sure people realised that eased taxes on lorries did mean alleviation of the blem of lorries doing a 20th tury job on 19th century is, said Mr Male.