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| Nigel Farage steps up UKIP Severn Bridge toll campaign | Nigel Farage steps up UKIP Severn Bridge toll campaign |
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| UKIP Leader Nigel Farage is stepping up his party's campaign to scrap the Severn Bridge tolls. | UKIP Leader Nigel Farage is stepping up his party's campaign to scrap the Severn Bridge tolls. |
| Visiting Wales, he said the fees were hitting the Welsh economy and should be done away with when the bridges go into public ownership in 2018. | Visiting Wales, he said the fees were hitting the Welsh economy and should be done away with when the bridges go into public ownership in 2018. |
| Mr Farage said the revenue lost could be offset by opting for a cheaper version of the planned £1bn M4 relief road around Newport. | |
| The Welsh government has been asked to comment. | |
| The UKIP leader was visiting Wales on Tuesday to boost his party's profile in the run-up to the 2016 Welsh assembly election, in which UKIP hopes to see its first AMs elected. | |
| The pledge to scrap the Severn Bridge tolls was previously made in the party's 2015 general election manifesto. | |
| In his March budget, Chancellor George Osborne said VAT on the charges would be scrapped when the bridges return to public ownership. | |
| Responsibility for the bridges will rest with the UK government, although Labour has called for this to be devolved. | |
| Mr Farage has also announced UKIP will mount its own campaign for a "no" vote in the forthcoming EU referendum. |