You have read through what the two main parties have to say and decided on who you are voting for yet?
Undecided?
I can help you decide, and I will explain how you can come to your decision.
As my wife Sarah said in her blog post here:
We humble white van men and woman are cursed for our perceived driving violations and have a whole raft of urban myths about us, but the long and the short of it is, the cuppa you are sipping as you read this was delivered by us, everything you have bought in the shops, everything that you sit on in the house, what you walk upon – was delivered by a truck or a van somewhere in the chain.
Sarah Arrow, The difference is in the delivery, Mar 2010

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Road transport is a vital part of our economy, even if rail freight worked more effectively/efficiently vans would still be involved in the delivery chain.
The price of fuel is set to go up further pushing up the cost of your goods even more. If you asked your local canvasser about the transport policy for their party they would probably start talking about reducing emissions and encouraging more electric vehicles… transport which affects all of us, isn’t high on the agenda.
On the BBC website explaining the difference in manifestos, this is what they say
On transport, both support high-speed rail – albeit in different formats – but the Conservatives have set themselves against airport expansion.
20 words, something that affects your household budget in a huge way – the price of food, the price of fuel is consigned to just 20 words.
We need help, our industry is essential yet shoved to the back burner but hauled out to pay for the deficit in the books – increased fuel duty etc, then shunted to the back burner again.
RoadTransport.com have collated some information on what the industry needs, by Industry experts – those that work in it.
Roadtransport.com also supports the first pan-industry manifesto. It is backed by the Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association, BVRLA, SMMT, URTU, Brewery Logistics Group, Transport Association and Skills for Logistics.
The road transport industry manifesto calls on the next government:
* To recognise road transport as an essential industry that must receive its fair share of funding for training and skills development
* To maintain spending on Britain’s road network and, where private finance is used, ensure tolls are fair for HGVs
* To prepare a national lorry road user pricing scheme which includes a fuel duty rebate for essential users
* To issue planning guidance to local authorities encouraging more night-time deliveries
* To take swift action to implement the national parking strategy and expand secure parking facilities for HGVs
* To increase funding for VOSA to enable it continue its crackdown on unsafe vehicles, both foreign and domesticLink to source: Road Transport
Make transport part of how you decide to vote – it directly affects everything yet gets no recognition and no mention unless you think 20 words is enough!
Let me know what you think, and ask your canvasser about their parties transport policies.
Regards
Kevin
07816 528421
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