UK electric car drivers should be charged per mile, say campaigners
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6QE6A)
Rachel Reeves should reform vehicle taxes to fill 5bn black hole', says Campaign for Better Transport
Campaigners have called on the chancellor to introduce a controversial pay-per-mile road charging scheme on electric cars, warning of a 5bn black hole" in tax revenues from motoring.
In a letter to Rachel Reeves, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) urged her to reform vehicle taxes, with fuel duty poised to dwindle in the coming decade as petrol and diesel cars are phased out.
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