Tories want road pricing for all lorries driving in Britain

THE Conservatives want to impose a road pricing charge on all lorries using roads in the UK to counter the problem of overseas hauliers forcing their British rivals out of business, The Times has learnt.

Chris Grayling, the Shadow Transport Secretary, will tell road hauliers today that the Tories will prioritise a lorry road-user charge of the sort that Labour scrapped last year amid uncertainties about its overall road pricing strategy.

Mr Grayling told The Times that the past few years had been disastrous for the road haulage industry in the UK, causing many haulage firms to go to the wall. He said: