This is a call from the Tax Payers Alliance to join the campaign to Say No To Bike Parking Fees. Bikers in Westminster face being charged £1.50 a day to park their bikes in areas that were free. If Westminster City Council win this round then you can bet we will all soon be paying to park our bikes, something that should remain free.
The TPA is proud to have joined forces with a new grassroots campaign against a proposed tax on motorbikes and scooters. The No To Bike Parking Fees campaign has been set up to oppose Westminster City Council’s new scheme for charging motorbikes and scooters £1.50 a day to park in the Borough, whereas it used to be free. As ever, the TPA is opposed to any attempt to increase taxes on people, particularly in the middle of a recession, and if Westminster get away with this you can be sure other councils across the country will pick up on this new way to squeeze cash out of the public. The fight for lower taxes will only succeed if we all pull together to protect each and every group from higher taxes, so do take the opportunity to sign up to their campaign here. If you live in Westminster, write to your councillor to demand an end to the scheme and come along to the protest which is going to be held on Sunday 14th December at 11am, starting at Golden Square, W1. There will be hundreds of bikers taking part in a go-slow protest through Westminster, all wearing the TPA’s logo and campaigning for lower taxes – it should be quite a sight!
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