A new report has warned the Government that halting traffic growth at a timeof economic prosperity is not realistic.It says that the best that might be possible nationally is for the rate of traffic growth to be brought down to zero at some future date. Even this would require intensive application of the Integrated Transport White Paper. 

The Inland Revenue and HM Customs have jointly published details of what they are planning to do to meet the Government’s objectives for e-commerce and e-government.Their paper, E-commerce: the UK’s taxation agenda, outlines how both departments will introduce Internet filing of tax returns during 2000/2001. The Government intends to offer a discount on tax returns filed over the
Internet.