Tory transport
24th June 1999, Page 10
24th June 1999
Page 10
Page 10, 24th June 1999
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Keywords :
Official Opposition, John Redwood, Bernard Jenkin, Shadow Cabinet Of Australia, Shadow Cabinet, Politics
• Conservative leader William Haig has uprated the party's transport portfolio by allocating two shadow cabinet seats to the subject.
John Redwood is the new shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Environment and the Regions while Bernard Jenkin, who remains shadow Transport Minister, is included in the shadow cabinet for the first time.
Redwood moves to transport from the trade and industry brief.
The Tories will continue to push for the introduction of their so-called "BRIT disc": a flat-rate daily charge paid by UK and foreign hauliers where revenue raised would be offset against UK hauliers' vehicle excise duty