'£35bn black hole': MPs call for urgent reform to motoring taxation

Cecilia Keating
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Car use has increased every year for 70 years, apart from a pandemic-induced blip | Credit: iStock
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Car use has increased every year for 70 years, apart from a pandemic-induced blip | Credit: iStock

Transport Committee chair declares it is 'time for an honest conversation' about road pricing, as report warns that accelerating switch to EVs will lead to plummeting revenues that could impact funding for critical public services

The government must act now to prevent the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) burning a major hole in UK tax revenues that could see public services defunded and road congestion soar, MPs have warned....

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