41: Lunch with Leon episode 41 - Claire Haigh
\nIt\u2019s great to be back!
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\n\n\nHaving just returned from ITT Hub 2021 \u2013 where it was \u201cso great to get back out there and meet real people and talk about the major issues of the day,\u201d Leon Daniels OBE catches up with Claire Haigh, from the Greener Transport Council.\xa0
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\n\n\nA champion for greener journeys for a long time, they chat about the \u2018terrible price\u2019 that the EV revolution could lead to and the types of change we really need.
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\n\n\nAre the government incentives too strong, they wonder, and is it not balanced to stop people to unnecessarily use their cars, and the \xa340bn tax \u2018black hole\u2019 stop being a theoretical threat to public finances.
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\n\n\n\u201cIt focusses the mind in a way that nothing else could \u2013 but it presents a window of opportunity to change,\u201d reckons Claire.
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\n\n\nIt\u2019s the \u201cbest opportunity\u201d to have a proper conversation with the public about taxation and why low-income families shouldn\u2019t subside car users.
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