Heavy goods vehicles meet less than a third of the costs they impose on society
Market distortion gives road freight an advantage over rail, causing uneccessary collisions, congestion, road damage and air pollution
Market distortion gives road freight an advantage over rail, causing uneccessary collisions, congestion, road damage and air pollution
Even with the car industry motoring ahead in investment and creating jobs, manufacturing employment is barely higher than three years previously.
Quantitative easing and ‘loose’ monetary policy have not been successful in boosting UK export performance.
The Carbon Trust has today released new data revealing how the UK’s total carbon emissions are likely to rise into the 2020s, despite legally-binding targets to cut domestic emissions by a third.
Today’s UK trade figures highlight the scale of the task facing the government if it is to achieve its aim of rebalancing the economy, writes Tony Dolphin.