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Porsche launches CO2 charge legal action

7:48am Thursday 3rd April 2008

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Luxury car maker Porsche has launched its threatened legal action against Mayor Ken Livingstone's new £25 pollution charge.

Porsche lodged papers with the High Court yesterday calling on judges to quash the charge on the grounds it is "disproportionate" and "an illegal action by the Mayor".

Andy Goss, managing director of Porsche GB, said in February that thousands of car owners will be hit by what he called "a disproportionate tax which clearly will have a very limited effect on CO2 emissions".

But the mayor's office said then it wasn't backing down on the increase - £25-a-day for the most polluting vehicles from October 27 - and would fight any court action.

A decision is expected in the next few days whether the case warrants a full hearing.


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Les, Sutton says...
9:36am Thu 3 Apr 08

I don't think people have realised the trickery at work here by Ken Livingstone. Many small and family cars will also fall under the £25 per day charge. A lot of people are in for a very, very, expensive shock.

Well done to Porsche for launching this legal action. Now let's have some other big companies start fighting the corrupt parking control scam. The UK has become a really nasty place, run by some very dishonest and nasty people.

ric, kingston says...
9:50am Thu 3 Apr 08

i'm fully behind this from porsche. you can sign up to their website for more info.

its ok to add another terminal to heathrow and plan another runway. but your not allowed to drive a van for work without paying.

i sat on a plane a few months ago to manchester. no one on the flight. the emissions of that journey by plan alone are more than i would get from over 100k miles of driving.

linvingston needs to go. i hate him.


Neil Herron, Nationwide says...
10:01am Thu 3 Apr 08

Parking Appeals.co.uk is preparing the High Court action against unlawful parking fines ...
If you have evidence of unlawful activity by councils or contractors or contradictory or unfair decisions by adjudicators then e-mail us
www.parkingappeals.c
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Peter, Romford., Romford, Essex says...
1:36pm Thu 3 Apr 08

This man (Livingstone) is a disaster and should be thrown out of office not just voted out. He keeps charging honest hard working people more and more money to go about their daily business to help keep London running. He obviously needs it to balance his books on other money he's spending but why doesn't he come up with something different, us car and van drivers are sick of him using us as his personal "get out of jail" purse because he obviously doesn't know how to balance his books.
I for one am completely fed up and sick of this cretin who has no original ideas to raise money and through his drink weary eyes can only see cars and vans as £ signs. Get a life Ken and let us get on with ours. If there were only two people running for mayor, Livingstone and Robert Mugabe I know who I would vote for ............ it wouldn’t be Livingstone that’s for sure !
Lets make him happy and stop going into any congestion charging zones and let all their shops run out of goods, their heating and plumbing break down and let it all fall into complete disrepair !
Well done Porch I only wish other big companies would do the same and fight this unreasonable, irrational, unpredictable, parasite living on the back of the working man and woman........ I detest the creature.

Doug, South London says...
2:22pm Thu 3 Apr 08

How else is Livingstone supposed to pay for the trips and holidays he and his cronies are always taking?

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