Transport Secretary drive for cheap insurance
Transport Secretary Justine Greening will urge companies to make car insurance cheaper for young motorists.
At a Whitehall summit Ms Greening will say young British drivers are among the safest in the world and will tell insurers to use black boxes which monitor speed, acceleration, braking and cornering to prove a driver is not reckless behind the wheel. Insurance premiums can top £3,000 a year for under-25s.
Speaking this morning to Sky News, the Transport Secretary said the Government wanted to make sure motoring was kept affordable: "That is why we have already passed laws in Parliament to take some of the exuberant legal costs out of the insurance system. I want to look today at how we can go further. I think it is about looking across the piece at how we can work with motorists."
The AA has said that over the past two years, claims for whiplash injury contributed to the biggest car insurance premium increases ever recorded.