Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoRural drivers to face steepest bills under UK’s mileage-based electric vehicle taxwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkRural drivers to face steepest bills under UK’s mileage-based electric vehicle taxwww.theguardian.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareMonsterMonster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoAnother U-turn in the making.
minus-squareTomato666@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI suspect it’s the thin end of the wedge. Electric cars today. ICE cars tomorrow (double dipping by also retaining fuel tax) It could be this governments poll tax moment, but maybe it’s a slow boiling of the frog so no-one will do anything. If only the spent this revenue on fixing our crater filled roads full of zombie potholes ressurecting themselves from last year.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoDoubtful. Any government will have to do this. Fuel duty is almost 2% of government income.
Another U-turn in the making.
I suspect it’s the thin end of the wedge.
Electric cars today.
ICE cars tomorrow (double dipping by also retaining fuel tax)
It could be this governments poll tax moment, but maybe it’s a slow boiling of the frog so no-one will do anything.
If only the spent this revenue on fixing our crater filled roads full of zombie potholes ressurecting themselves from last year.
Doubtful. Any government will have to do this. Fuel duty is almost 2% of government income.