CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 16years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
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Budget 2016 will bring a review of the incentives for ultra-low emissions vehicles, at which point the Government will take into account market developments, with changes coming in the 2020/21 tax year.
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http://www.businesscar.co.uk/news/2013/budget-2013-new-bik-bands-for-low-emission-vehicles
But not the sort of "ultra-low emissions vehicles" 'we' like!
Petrol down, beer down, tax breaks for fracking.
And a few other things.
Green campaigners dismayed by Budget
The chancellor’s promise to deliver tax breaks for shale gas and the oil industry has angered environmentalists.
beer down
Not down. Just not up.
"Mr Osborne also said the government was "spending more on new roads than in a generation"."
Has Keith Brown possessed Mr Osborne?
Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said: “This was a 20th Century budget for a 21st Century economy. We got tax breaks for polluters and almost complete disinterest in the green economy, one of the only sectors that has consistently delivered jobs and growth in recent years. British businesses stand poised to become dominant forces in the global clean energy market, but they’re being undermined by a chancellor who seems increasingly ill-suited to the times we live in.”
'Course, if they would only link a requirement for appropriate cycling facilities to be incorporated into all new road schemes then society might actually seem some beenfit from them.
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beer down
Not down. Just not up.
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No
Not up (by 3p moving stairway).
PLUS down a penny (new-ish).
From Sunday.
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Green campaigners dismayed by Budget
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There's a surprise.
Does seem standard 'business as usual' - more oil/roads/cars.
Hasn't exactly been a great success in the past - economically or socially.
Boris for Chancellor???!!!
PLUS down a penny (new-ish).
Oh, I missed that bit. Excellent. I look forward to drinking the 320-odd pints required to claim my free pint in my savings.
CAMRA email
"This afternoon in the Budget the Chancellor said those words we have all been waiting for: “We will now scrap the beer duty escalator altogether”. He is even going one step further and cutting beer duty by 1p a pint – which will mean that pubs won’t need to increase their prices this year.
The Chancellor was very clear in his speech that he is scrapping the Escalator because of the incredible campaign by people like you over the past year – so on behalf of CAMRA, thank you for helping us get here!
Our campaign to Scrap The Beer Duty Escalator started just after the 2012 Budget. You, our members have been fantastic in the way you have supported our E-Petition which secured almost 109,000 signatures and in turn forced a Parliamentary Debate. The next step in the campaign came with the Mass Lobby Day on 12:12:12 and you continued this campaigning effort by meeting with your MPs to demand the Escalator be scrapped right up to today's Budget. Over 8,000 of you have written to your MP this year calling for a fair deal for beer and pubs.
Your determination and dedication to the Campaign has shone through in many ways, and I am so proud of what we have achieved – the first cut in beer duty since the 1970s.
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that there will be other taxation threats to pubs, clubs and beer, but we will rise to those challenges and fight them to the best of our ability.
Please accept this as a personal thank you for the help and continued support you have given to this Campaign; we couldn’t have done it without you!
Best wishes.
Jackie Parker
CAMRA Director
Beer Tax Campaign"
I am a member - even though I dont have a beard, and rarely wear sandals.
"cutting beer duty"
But does it include lager??...
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