Polly Toynbee argues Gordon Brown should not keep his ideas in the bottom drawer until he walks into No 10 (Comment, June 6). But when it comes to the green agenda, the drawer may be empty. The Environmental Audit Committee said earlier in the year that it was mystified by Treasury timidity over green taxes.
The top rate tax on gas-guzzling cars, the equivalent of a cappuccino a month, introduced at the last budget was widely condemned. Someone needs to knock heads together in the Treasury and remove what the EAC politely describe as "a degree of institutional inertia". (Guardian Letters)
