A haulier from Faversham says record fuel prices are "slowly killing off" the industry.

Peter Knight, of Les Knight Transport, helped to organise a truckers protest which saw a huge convoy of vehicles travel from Kent to London today.

The protest has been organised by road haulage group TransAction 2007 and has the consent of the Metropolitan Police.

A letter from Transaction 2007 - outlining that the average lorry is hit by around £27,000 in duty and taxes each year - will be passed to the government by Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP Derek Wyatt.

Mr Knight said: "We hope this nationwide protest will be listened to. We're facing a very difficult time as road haulers.

"It's increasingly tough and we're seeing crippling, weekly rises on fuel prices. Our industry is being slowly killed off."

Charles Hewitt Ltd in Canterbury are not taking part in the protest.

David Grummitt, from the company, said: "We have joined fuel protests in the past but we don't believe the Government listens to any of the haulage companies in the country at present.

"We don't see any point in joining the action this time around."