The RHA calls on the Government to address the following:
- Immediate cash-flow injections
- Enforced payment holidays with leasing companies, banks and fuel suppliers
- Measures to protect employees’ wages
- Deferment of VAT, income tax, business rates and corporation tax
- Road fund licence reductions
- Deferment of the implementation of clean air zones rules by at least six months
- Deferment of the Direct Vision Standard in London by at least six months
- Relaxing lorry tolls on the M6 and others
- Suspension of the London Lorry Control Scheme and Low Emission Zone charges
- Fuel duty reductions for essential users including hauliers
- The ability to quickly relax drivers’ hours
- Increasing driving time and relaxing weekly and fortnightly rest requirements
To see RHA’s full release CLICK HERE