[Margaret Pilkington]

It was reported in the press recently that Gordon Brown is considering a tax on light bulbs. Apparently he wants to put up the price of ordinary light bulbs to nearer that of the low energy type bulbs. he says that this is to encourage people to use the low energy ones in a bid to combat global warming, and to reduce th amount of energy that people use.

I think it would be more credible if the government were to subsidise the price of low energy light bulbs if they really want people to cut down on the consumption of energy.
I maybe a cynical old bird, but is there anyone else out there who feels that the chancellor is having another dip into my purse?