Cardiff Council SUV surcharge

[Jack2jack]

There’s a big financial hole where fuel duty used to be. Cough up you EV hipsters

Reeves plots extra tax on EVs hitting 1.3m eco drivers with surcharge in Budget

RACHEL Reeves is looking at Electric Vehicle drivers paying their fair share of tax in a Budget revenue-raiser. Treasury officials have drawn up several proposals such as levies on the weight of th…

www.thesun.co.uk

Well yes I made the point below, you posted as I was typing.

 

[Neath_Jack]

There’s a big financial hole where fuel duty used to be. Cough up you EV hipsters

Reeves plots extra tax on EVs hitting 1.3m eco drivers with surcharge in Budget

RACHEL Reeves is looking at Electric Vehicle drivers paying their fair share of tax in a Budget revenue-raiser. Treasury officials have drawn up several proposals such as levies on the weight of th…

www.thesun.co.uk

Was always going to happen. There was no way the government would be willing to lose that much revenue irrespective of what colour party is in the hot seat.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Was always going to happen. There was no way the government would be willing to lose that much revenue irrespective of what colour party is in the hot seat.

Indeed. And the misguided but politically expedient decision to freeze fuel duty rate for the last 15 years hasn’t helped.

 

[Ronald Parp]

Public transport is and always has been the answer but even if the infrastructure and services were there there is no way that SUV and EV drivers are sharing space with the great unwashed. Civilisation will eat itself.

 

[Jack2jack]

Public transport is and always has been the answer but even if the infrastructure and services were there there is no way that SUV and EV drivers are sharing space with the great unwashed. Civilisation will eat itself.

Ah! If only, we are decades behind other European nations, years of neglect, mismanagement and wasted opportunities. Can you imagine if the Swansea to Mumbles tram were still in operation, 50% of cars would disappear on that commuter route each day, bloody disaster right there. It was looked at years ago, to bring something else back to replace it, the cost was prohibitive.

 

[Ronald Parp]

Ah! If only, we are decades behind other European nations, years of neglect, mismanagement and wasted opportunities. Can you imagine if the Swansea to Mumbles tram were still in operation, 50% of cars would disappear on that commuter route each day, bloody disaster right there. It was looked at years ago, to bring something else back to replace it, the cost was prohibitive.

We’re decades behind the Victorians, light years away from our European neighbours.