The Government is being blamed for ripping motorists off after the Dartford Crossing raked in an extra £50million last year, in what has been described as an 'outrage'.The major road crossing over the River Thames, which connects Essex and Kent, charges motorists to cross, a payment known as the Dart Charge.After Labour increased tolls for drivers, the Dartford Crossing recorded its largest-ever revenue year in 2025: £189.2million was raised from the toll, up from £140million in 2024, the Telegraph reports.This is the largest revenue figure since records began in 2004.Motorists were promised the tolls would be removed by Conservative governments in the 1980s and 1990s once the tunnel and Queen Elizabeth II Bridge had been paid off. However, tolls have stayed in place since.Edmund King, AA president, said: 'It is an outrage that drivers still must pay the Dartford toll when the M4 and M48 tolls to Wales were abolished in 2018 and tolls in Scotland were abolished in 2008. 'Not only do drivers have to pay the toll, but the charge was hiked by 40 per cent last year.'The Dartford Crossing recorded its largest-ever revenue year in 2025: £189.2million was raised from the toll, up from £140million in 2024, the Telegraph reports - all going to the GovernmentLast year, Labour raised the toll car drivers have to pay by 40 per cent, from £2.50 to £3.50, which has helped swell government coffers.Similarly, on September 1, 2025, buses and HGVs saw fees go up. Large buses, coaches and vans now pay £8.20 to cross, while smaller buses (under two axles), coaches and vans pay £4.20.Pre-pay account holders and local residents benefit from a discounted rate, a 20 per cent reduction.At the time of hiking the charges, the DfT argued: 'The new charges will be significantly lower than if they had increased in line with inflation since the tariff was last fully revised in 2014.'