'Road tax' rears its ugly head again for England's cyclists | Peter Walker

By resurrecting a form of 'road tax' in budget changes to vehicle excise duty, George Osborne has made cycling in England that tiny bit more dangerous

As a man who seems to mainly get the bike out when there are press photographers around, George Osborne probably never thought what potential troubles he was causing the two-wheeled with his changes to vehicle excise duty in his summer budget.

The zombie is alive. "Road tax" is back. Well, sort of.