'Confusion and uncertainty': Carmakers slam plans to delay 2030 ban on internal combustion engine cars

Cecilia Keating
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits a petrol station after annoucing a freeze in fuel duty | Credit: Treasury, Flickr
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits a petrol station after annoucing a freeze in fuel duty | Credit: Treasury, Flickr

Manufacturers and trade bodies warn investment is at risk, as leaked messages reveal scepticism among cabinet ministers about the auto industry's public support for net zero

The UK's auto industry has blasted the government for sowing "confusion and uncertainty" across the car market, following reports Ministers plan to push back the UK's ban on the sale of new petrol and...

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