Hitting the Low paid again with car tax

Justine Greening says The people who are being effected are people with older cars, they are people with family cars, they are people on low incomes and they are people who can't afford to upgrade to a less polluting car," she told MPs.
"What kind of policy creates a situation where the owner of a new Porsche will face a smaller tax increase than a family driving an older car?"

Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Jeremy Browne said his party agreed with having variable car tax rates - and said they would make the differences greater to encourage consumers to buy more fuel efficient cars.