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The Welsh go to war over the latest increase in diesel duty
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A CONVOY OF 80 trucks converged on Cardiff last Saturday (25 October) to protest against the government's latest fuel tax hike.
Hauliers from all over Wales joined the run from Cross Hands in West Wales along the M4 to the city centre in demonstration against a 1.28p/lit rise earlier this month .This has pushed diesel up by as much as 5p a gallon in many areas.
Alan Greene of the Welsh Road Haulage Association warns that public support is glowing: "It's about time we brought the cost of fuel tax into the public eye. It is higher in the UK than anywhere else in Europe and we've had enough. Around 74p in every £1 goes to the government.
-We are not going to let this lie. Mr Brown blames it on the high price of crude but neither France nor Belgium have increased their fuel prices. The government has a lot of explaining to do."
Martin Palmer from Sully based MI Palmer Transport warns: "There will be further proteststhis has just kickstarted our campaign.
"The public were very supportive, clapping and cheering us as we drove through the city."
A spokesman for the Treasury says its position remains unchanged from three weeks ago when the increase in fuel duty was introduced. It claims that since 2001 fuel duty has fallen by 13% in real terms (CM 2 October).