The figures intensified the pressure on Chancellor Alistair ParTing to rethink the plans after warnings that the Government was heading for another damaging tax debacle.
They come after Gordon(DICK) Brown faced embarrassment(I.E THE TRUTH) on Thursday as it emerged he had been wrong to say the majority of motorists would be better off as a result of the changes.
In fact, 9.4 million face higher bills, there will be no change for 8.4 million and 1.4 million will pay less, the Treasury revealed.
Justine Greening, the shadow economic secretary, has now calculated that 400,000 of the poorest families will pay up to £245 a year more.
On average, they will be £80 a year worse off under the changes which are due to come into effect from next April.
Ms Greening said: "This government is bleeding low-income families dry, just as they are most under pressure from rises in the cost of living."
Labour(NO BALLS) backbenchers have already warned they are ready to start "flexing (their) muscles" over the reforms, which are designed to punish drivers of the most polluting vehicles.
They are pressing ministers to abandon plans to apply the new rates to vehicles already on the road, arguing that millions of families have bought cars in recent years with no knowledge of the plans announced in the March Budget.
Yes my pensioner dad was moaning about this just yesterday - he does drive a mercedes (an old one!!!) so his rego is going to go up. However when I looked at the cost of registering my little Ford Fiesta compared with what I pay here, it would be less than half!!! Just got my rego demand for $631.45
I think the idea is to charge us all off the roads!!!!
