there is not much of manufacturing sector left in UK, prodominantly service industry. Labour is not cheap either.
Major source on income for Govt = Tax
Afterall they need some source of revenue to pay the expenses of their MP's
One thing has always bugged me - Road Tax
As most of you here have their Zed as second car, which means they are on road not very often but you are paying as much tax as someone who is on road 24 x 7. Is it fair?
Well IMO best would be to abolish road tax and add that tax in the price of fuel (dont know may be 0.5p or 1p or 2p) and that way everyone pays fairly. The more you're on the road the more you pay and less you're on road less you pay!!
What do you think folks???