taxes

Fascinating announcement by the Government regarding electric cars by 2040. The Government currently takes £30 million in fuel taxes from our cars. Will electric car usage really continue to be tax-free? It seems curious generosity.

Saw this mentioned on the TV news this morning - wondered how long it would take for it to rear its head again. Patrick McLoughlin said hiking fuel duty or low-emission taxes “is something the Chancellor will need to look at” in order to reduce toxic levels of nitrogen oxide and prevent...

End of the road for Diesel-powered cars in France | Daily Mail Online

Well well. What surprise. I suppose there will be Select Committee soon that will be telling us that bears do in fact poo in the woods. "The Government handled a phased set of increases to Vehicle Excise Duty so badly they tarnished the image of environmental taxes. Report: Taxes and...

"The rich are OK as they have driveways. Poorer families tend to have larger, older cars and are more likely to park on the street. This is a tax on ownership which does not reflect the environmental impact of the vehicle. "Someone with a small car parked on a private driveway doing a high...

Diesel in Britain would be the cheapest in western Europe if the punitive taxes were scrapped, the Government admitted today. Business Secretary John Hutton published official figures showing the UK also had the second cheapest unleaded petrol before tax and duty were added. The revelations...