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Old July 4th 10, 10:24 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Arthur Figgis Arthur Figgis is offline
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Default Taxis and the congestion charge

On 04/07/2010 15:39, Neil Williams wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 09:38:24 +0100, "tim...."
wrote:

For the CC: No and they are never going to as it is a tax and they are not
obliged to pay it. The fact that TfL claim that it isn't a tax doesn't
change the fact that it is.


It is not a tax; it is a road toll. Do the embassies also not pay to,
for instance, cross the Dartford bridge?


I'm pretty sure it has been established in the past that UK diplomats do
pay bridge (etc) tolls abroad.

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