They won't be cash strapped for long. Don't forget who removed 47% of the public service payroll over 5 years (many of who worked in front-line services)
Note no "no tax rises" from them yet.
Don't for get who oversaw the massive relocation of complete industries to other countries, in the hope that the "service" industries would fill the gap.
I could go-on for a long time on that theme, but..
No matter what any incoming government wants/says, some sort of road pricing/charging addition is inevitable.
The new campaign will concentrate on how "privacy" is guaranteed and will enhance the arguments about social change in transport (less cars, more pt).
Along are going to come more subsidy for pt, at the expense of private transport (but you can save by using the bus so you'll lose nothing)
Never, ever, underestimate the ability to persuade and change minds of the embedded government (non elected) (civil service).
For a start, I can already see the "we have no alternative, the EU says we have to do it" arguments being prepared (the eu is a rather good organisation to blame for everything)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/galileo/doc/galileo_application_road.pdfI can already see a shift coming, towards more "toll" roads, but with drive-through tills where the vehicle does not stop but is just "tagged" as in the route..(similar to the m6 toll) ...a small matter to dramatically increase the number of payment routes...
Also note that a lot of trucks, and many more soon, are tracked using gps with their digital tacho....along with data on the route driven goes data on fuel used, stops, breaks....all tracked and stored....
And the story
continues