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Road Pricing

: That is an excellent question, and there is no doubt that we need to explore the issue with local authority partners. We have made it clear that we are prepared to engage in a discussion about how we deal with that. Clearly, we cannot change the whole system of national taxation because one local pilot is going on. If people in that area find that whatever they pay is in addition to their national taxation, they will be entitled to say, ““We're not getting a very good deal. How are we going to be repaid?”” We have said that we are prepared to look at all manner of options for dealing with that, including giving the money back to the local council, which could then spend it on additional services or even on a council tax rebate—that would be a matter for the council. That might be a way of giving the extra value back to local people.