Bring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6RP6Q)
Rachel Reeves urged to shelve fuel duty plans and overhaul taxes amid expected switch to electric vehicles
A pay-per-mile road pricing system must be brought in now, according to Tony Blair's thinktank, which is urging the chancellor to overhaul motoring taxes.
Rachel Reeves is widely expected to confirm the end of a temporary 5p cut in fuel duty, and possibly announce an inflationary rise in the tax paid on petrol and diesel at the pumps, in her budget next Wednesday.
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