Fuel duty tax relief for impoverished rural workers demanded

On 5 March business journalist Ross Clark used a column in The Times to urge the Government to do something to alleviate the plight of people in rural areas who have to drive significant distances to get to work. “If you live in parts of North Devon, Mid Wales or the Highlands it can be extremely difficult to find any form of reliable, year-round employment within 15 to 20 miles [and] you will be lucky if your job is reachable by one bus a day,” he began. “Every penny on...

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