Poll shows support for new green taxes
Most people in the UK would welcome new taxes that would make environmentally damaging behaviours more expensive to producers and consumers according to a recent survey report.
The survey – by environmental think tank, Green Alliance, showed that 57% of 2,000 UK respondents saw a carbon tax on producers as a “good idea,” while 53% felt the same about a similar tax on consumers.
The survey showed similar support for changes in VAT that benefitted environmentally sound products and services (54% in favour) and additional taxes on the production of materials that were deemed harmful to the environment.
More than a quarter of respondents were “neutral” on all proposals for green taxes.
“With such clear support for green reforms to the tax system and plans for a green recovery in development, the priority now is for the Treasury to embrace this mandate for change,” said the Green Alliance.
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