George Osborne ressurects Road Tax, prepare for accusations of freeloading

[Poacher]

Osborne's proposals aim to 'ringfence' some vehicle tax revenue, to ensure it is spent specifically on roads. No harm in that.
The roads concerned will be motorways and trunk roads.
So no great change from the current situation; roads are funded from council tax, apart from motorways and some trunk roads.
The other thing that won't change is that car adverts, and vehicle reviews in mags and papers, will continue to make reference to something called 'road tax'.

...or even road fund licence. I kid you not, I've seen a few adverts in the last year with that phrase!