A senior local government figure has called for the expansion of vehicle excise duty (VED) to zero-emission vehicles to be an ‘opportunity to reform’.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt last year announced that electric vehicle owners would be hit by a new tax from April 2025, with an annual charge of up to £165 for cars and £290 for vans estimated to raise an extra £1.6bn by 2027-28.
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