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Let's work with Westminster, says Fair Fuel UK Campaign

Blockades disrupt the supply chain, cost the country millions and inconvenience the general public. So says the Fair Fuel UK Campaign whose petition for government to scrap the fuel duty rise in April has gathered ...

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Freight Facilities Grants scrapped: carbon targets far less likely, says FTA

The Freight Transport Association is disappointed to learn today that the Freight Facilities Grant (FFG) in England, to finance modal shift enabling more goods to be taken off the roads and onto rail or water, is now to be scrapped.

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Winter resilience measures need to go further, says FTA

Scottish government’s trialling of new road salting solutions to prevent icy build-ups on Scottish roads are welcome, but measures needs to go further, warns the Freight Transport Association.

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FTA and RHA welcome Chancellor’s comments on fuel duty

The Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have welcomed comments made today by Chancellor George Osborne that the Government is addressing the fuel duty issue.

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Fuel duty debate taken to Treasury and Westminster

A fairer deal on fuel duty took a step closer today when the Fair Fuel UK Campaign took its message to the Treasury and then Westminster in two high-profile media and public affairs events.

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Bus makers and operators must work together, says minister at bus industry event

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Norman Baker MP, told delegates at the Bus and Coach Engineering Conference that he wanted to “encourage even closer co-operation between manufacturers and operators” ...

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Scrap fuel duty revenue raising ruse, FTA tells Treasury

In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Budget on 23 March, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the Chancellor to abandon plans for an above-inflation fuel tax increase this year.

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FbW delighted as grant to put more freight on water bears fruit

Freight by Water (FbW, part of the Freight Transport Association), is delighted that the Freight Facilities Grant (FFG) for Scotland is helping its members achieve their environmentally-friendly ...

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FTA supports Committee calls for stronger infrastructure strategy to support economy

Leading trade body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) backed the Transport Select Committee’s report published today ...

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