Green tax threat to jobs

It doesn't fill me with any great encouragement that our government has jumped on the bandwagon regarding the Stern report on global warming.

Their only plan is to raise taxes in a vain attempt to lower the use of so-called "gas guzzling" vehicles. This will affect the vast majority of commuters whether they have these vehicles or not.

With our public transport system in total chaos, and not a bit of good to anyone who has to be at work for 6am, how can they expect us to leave our cars at home for a greener alternative? This will just drive up overall prices by increasing the transport costs of consumer goods.

They have pledged to decrease industry emissions but are accomplishing this by driving British industry to relocate to Third World countries.

Speaking as an employee of G Clancey and facing redundancy, I feel we are losing our jobs for political gain, and, yes, industry emissions will decrease, but global emissions will not.

In a report on Newsnight it was said that if Britain reduced emissions to zero it would take China and the USA only 86 days to fill the void that we have left.

In recent weeks the price of petrol and diesel has been increased by one penny per gallon as a green tax, and the money raised spent on green issues.

This reminds me of the one per cent increase levied on our National Insurance contributions not so long ago, to be spent directly on hospitals. Why then are so many of our hospital trusts making staff redundant and closing wards?

Neil Whitehouse, Lyndon Grove, Wall Heath.