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Truck drivers protest fuel costs in London

LONDON (UPI) -- Truck drivers calling for a rebate on fuel taxes converged on London Wednesday for escorted, "go-slow" trips through the city, observers said.

Truck drivers gathered on a closed section of road, while police escorted groups of 20 at a time on protest drives through central London using a route that included crossing Westminster Bridge, The Times of London reported.

"The government have got to cut the fuel duty. All this is down to (Prime Minister) Gordon Brown, and he is pulling (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Alistair Darling's strings," truck driver Robin Edmunds told The Times.

After a series of slow-go protests, the action Wednesday is the first that was supported by the Road Haulage Association, the Transportation Association and TransAction 2007, the Times reported.

"If ever there was positive proof that ours is an industry in crisis then this surely must be it," said RHA National Chairman Andy Boyle.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/02/2008

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