No real surprise, Brown has always been one to tax by stealth, and again has been caught with his hand in the till.
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The government is raising billions of pounds more in green taxes than it needs to remove the UK's "carbon footprint", a report says.(visit the link for the full news article)
The Taxpayers' Alliance said emissions in 2005 had done damage worth an estimated £11.7bn, but green taxes and charges in that year had made £21.9bn.