Reports: Chancellor to roll out 'pay-per-mile tax' for EV drivers

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a Budget scene setter speech - Credit: Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a Budget scene setter speech - Credit: Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury

Rachel Reeves preparing 3p-per-mile EV charge to offset decline in fuel duty revenues, as industry warns proposals would slow adoption and prove 'self-defeating'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to announce a 3p-per-mile charge for the UK's electric vehicle (EV) drivers at this month's Autumn Budget, in a move designed to offset falling tax revenues from petrol...

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