Summer Budget 2015: Osborne waters down tax discounts for low emission cars

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New vehicle excise duty bands will let zero emissions cars go free, but could discourage take-up of other low-carbon vehicles

Chancellor George Osborne has announced major changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) from 2017, introducing a new banding system that will let zero emissions cars go free but fail to distinguish between...

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