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Red Label equals high emissions

An online poll commissioned by Auto Express revealed 60% of new car buyers would be affected by the government's new colour coded eco labeling system for cars. The new scheme is voluntary and cars will be graded according to the emissions into coloured bands, red for high and green for low emissions. Owners will then be able to display stickers on their window screen according to the emissions grade for vehicles.

Of the 400 individuals, 276 of those surveyed said they would purchase a model with lower emissions, in order to prevent the display of a red sticker on their windscreen.

Budget 2005 Frozen

Gordon Brown's statement delivered vote-winning measures such as a focus on education, child benefit increases and savings for pensioners. Brown froze most taxes relating to the motorist this included company car tax for 2007/8, petrol duty only rises to taking inflation into account. According to Fleet News, managers were pleased with the Budget, although there was some concern that it did not act decisively to tackle some of the key concerns in some areas, particularly in relation to whether the Government wanted to encourage company car use by tackling the growth of private car schemes.