tax

Treasury raises £52.5bn from environmental taxes in 2023

Taxation

Treasury raises £52.5bn from environmental taxes in 2023

Revenues from taxes designed to reduce negative environmental impacts have returned to pre-pandemic levels, new ONS data confirms

clock 08 May 2024 • 3 min read
'Fair tax for a fair transition': SMMT calls for tax incentives to accelerate EV uptake

Policy

'Fair tax for a fair transition': SMMT calls for tax incentives to accelerate EV uptake

Chancellor urged to halve VAT on new EVs, reform Vehicle Excise Duty, and deliver more affordable public charging through upcoming Budget

clock 01 March 2024 • 4 min read
Fiscal green hole: Is the UK tax system fit for net zero purpose?

Taxation

Fiscal green hole: Is the UK tax system fit for net zero purpose?

Treasury urgently needs to provide green tax roadmap that can boost investor certainty and enable net zero transition, Green Alliance report argues

clock 23 November 2022 • 8 min read
Poll: British voters support stronger climate action, but cost concerns remain

Politics

Poll: British voters support stronger climate action, but cost concerns remain

Major new survey reveals eight out of 10 voters accept delaying climate action will make it costlier in the future

clock 08 November 2021 • 5 min read
Citizen jury finds strong public backing for greener UK tax and VAT regime

Taxation

Citizen jury finds strong public backing for greener UK tax and VAT regime

Overhaul of the tax and VAT regime to help drive greener behaviours, products and services strongly favoured by poll respondents and citizen's jurors

clock 17 August 2021 • 4 min read

Taxation

'Lack of leadership and coordination': MPs slam Treasury for failure to align tax system with UK's climate goals

Public Accounts Committee report warns Treasury and HMRC have limited understanding of how the tax system supports or hinders the UK’s environmental goals

clock 28 April 2021 • 7 min read

Automotive

'Staggering': EV leasing surges on back of company car tax incentive

The elimination of Benefit In Kind tax for company car drivers using an electric vehicle has since April driven a boom in EV leasing, according to Octopus Electric Vehicles

clock 07 October 2020 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Green expert group to lead UK tax reform project

TransformTax initiative spearheaded by Green Alliance to assess how UK tax system could be better used to benefit environment and drive low carbon lifestyles

clock 03 August 2020 • 2 min read

Taxation

Let's stop tinkering with tax and make it a force for environmental and social good

The Treasury’s net zero review in the autumn is the perfect opportunity to reconsider a tax system fit for a zero carbon future, argues Green Alliance's Libby Peake

clock 28 July 2020 • 6 min read

Automotive

Company car tax rule change could provide keys for "massive" EV market boost

Drivers of company cars who opt to go electric will pay no benefit-in-kind (BiK) tax from next week, marking a dramatic drop from the 16 per cent rate in place today

clock 02 April 2020 • 6 min read