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change the law to ensure that road tax is used exclusively for roads

Submitted on Tuesday 28th April 2026

Rejected on Wednesday 27th May 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

change the law to ensure that road tax is used exclusively for roads

Petition Details

I want the government to change the system of road tax so that all the money paid by road users is used exclusively for road repairs.

Additional Information

Roads in this country used to be world class. Now however after years of neglect and little money being spent on repairs they are an embarrassment making many roads akin to driving off-road.
Road tax was always explained as a means of financing road repairs but it has by successive governments been raided, leaving little or nothing left for the purpose that it was intended and leaving local authorities relying on government subsidies.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action:
Ring-fence 100% of VED for mandatory road maintenance targets petition.parliament.uk/petitions/761149

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