VED changes again

[Niall]

I don't understand the motives behind flat - rating VED. Anyone got any ideas? Just seems to be a disincentive (if a minor one) for your average Joe to buy a LEV, and a nice saving for those wealthy enough to buy stuff that used to be in very high tax brackets.

I thought this would be something you would approve of seeing as you don't like the "make the poor poorer" idea of the current government.
Anyone who buys a car under £40k will probably save money on tax. Tax was always going to go up for what is currently low emissions cars because its old tech and no longer low emission in comparison to some.
People who can comfortably afford a 40k+ car though will pay more. So surely this is a saving to the poorer and a tax on the richer?
Not that it matters anyway because owning and driving a car is a privilege and not a right so if you can't afford it, you can't afford it. Simples.