Police forces are set to be handed ‘Big Brother’ powers to raid the homes of drivers suspected of dodging Labour’s new pay-per-mile road tax scheme.
Under the biggest shake-up of road tax laws for decades, officers and transport officials will be responsible for cracking down on anyone suspected of ‘odometer fraud’ when calculating their bill for using the roads.
According to laws drawn up by ministers, officers can ‘enter any premises’ where a vehicle is registered and ‘inspect’, ‘test’ and ‘detain’ family vehicles ‘for such time as is required to inspect or test it’.
They can also force motorists to ‘move the vehicle
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