Scrappage scheme pleases no-one

One of the main planks of the recent budget, the Scrappage scheme, had found very few friends since its launch.
It is under attack from all sides with the Environmental groups, vehicle manufactures, buyers and even the scrap yards themselves lining up to criticize it.

Speaking before the scheme was confirmed, Richard George, roads and climate campaigner for the Campaign for Better Transport, stated : “Trading in a nine-year-old car for a new one is not going to reduce your CO2 because making cars is almost as polluting as driving them.”
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Continuous Insurance Enforcement

Uninsured driving

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a package of measures to crack down on the estimated 2m motorists on our roads driving without insurance.
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Unlicenced vehicles on private land

Unlicensed vehicles on private land

An interesting issue arose as part of the 2008 Finance Bill, which recently passed through parliament. Until now, if a vehicle was not licensed or covered by SORN it could only be wheel clamped or removed by the DVLA if it was on a public road.

The following amendment, which is buried in the Background Notes section of the bill, changes that provision and allows for clamping and subsequent removal of vehicles on land that is not ‘Intrinsically part of a private dwelling’.
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