Ministers mull green tax U-turn

James S Murray
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As Gordon Brown defends green policies as an "economic priority" pressure mounts for changes to fuel duty and road tax

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling will today meet oil industry leaders in Scotland as pressure mounts on the government to defer planned increases in fuel duty and reform proposed changes to road tax....

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