HM Revenue and Customs has asked to be on a revised list of emergency services allowed to break the legal speed limit.
HMRC wants the powers for covert surveillance of organised crime.
The request was revealed as the Department for Transport consults on allowing speed limit exemptions to be extended to services beyond the police, fire and ambulance services.
These would include bomb disposal units, vehicles carrying organs for transplant and coastguard vehicles.
Ministers said it was right to revise the rules for those whose work "can mean the difference between life and death".
BBC News - HM Revenue and Customs wants power to break speed limits
Late for that tax audit, think of it as a life or death situation and speed. Yeah right, another excuse to make it in time for
HMRC wants the powers for covert surveillance of organised crime.
The request was revealed as the Department for Transport consults on allowing speed limit exemptions to be extended to services beyond the police, fire and ambulance services.
These would include bomb disposal units, vehicles carrying organs for transplant and coastguard vehicles.
Ministers said it was right to revise the rules for those whose work "can mean the difference between life and death".
BBC News - HM Revenue and Customs wants power to break speed limits
Late for that tax audit, think of it as a life or death situation and speed. Yeah right, another excuse to make it in time for

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