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Task Group warns on Sc of cabotage
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THE GOVERNMENT finally accepted that cal has a wider impact on tht transport industry than pr reports have suggested.
This admission, in a repoi the Department for Trait!
Road Haulage Task Group, the previous government that cabotage affected les 5% of the UK's road tra industry. The task group p1 figure closer to 15%.
James Hookham, deput: executive at the Freight Tra Association (ETA) and one key negotiators on the task says: "It's the biggest singlt that the task group has ad I don't think the governme any idea that this was going "We've now quantified the standard the Treasury re in order to take action."
The report. published yes (6 December), also urgi government to introcb vignette system to charge t operators entering the cc This would have the addi benefit of forcing fo operators to identify them prior to entering the co as demanded by the FT) Road Haulage Associ (RHA).
RHA chief executive I King is confident tha Chancellor will now take no the industry's problems: "I a fairly bullish and aggri approach on our part ha! dividends."
• For more analysis on the and the Chancellor's pre-B statement see the RoadTrat Klog at www.roadtransport