I agree, all this stealth taxing is really starting to get beyond a joke.
As it is I've just had to pay a £60 speeding fine! Unwittingly overtook an unmarked car on the finished section of the M25 just before the M3. 40 mph is so slow when you're practically the only vehicle on a 5 lane motorway at 2.30am........so difficult to keep under 40mph! But fair enough, I was over the speed limit so my bad.
But this really gripes me as does the fact that I have just had to fork out £19 for the Polo log book as the previous owner had lost it........you never used to have to pay

I've got until the 30th so if I fire off a letter tonight then hopefully I will get a reply before I need to send payment. Obviously if I don't hear in time I'll forward payment in order to prevent incurring further penalties.