As usual, the government bottled out and caved in to the road lobby.

They realised that it was a tax too far, so where is the subsidy for my
lorry


During the fuel blockade the DfT did point out that HGV taxes in total
only cover half their direct infrastructure costs.

Round my way, the M6 has spent the best part of thirty years falling
apart thanks to HGVs and interestingly the privately run M6 toll road
has a deliberate policy of rationing HGV access by price.

The HGV lobby are always bleating on about the high tolls, without the
penny dropping, that actually the toll road just doesn't want their
business - now I wonder why that should be?