The Sun: Motorists 'conned' over eco tax

MOTORISTS are paying £571 a year MORE in tax than they should to combat carbon emissions, a report claimed yesterday.

The figure piles pressure on Alistair Darling to scrap a 2p-a-litre fuel rise in April’s budget.

Labour faces a motoring backlash over the rises, warned the Taxpayers’ Alliance report.

Spokesman Matthew Elliott said: “Politicians are exploiting climate change to squeeze us.”