Overview
- The Daily Telegraph reports the Chancellor is considering a 3p-per-mile levy on electric vehicles, potentially consulted on now and introduced from 2028, with an estimated £240 a year for 8,000 miles.
- Exchequer Secretary Dan Tomlinson said any road-pricing system is under review and changes would be announced at fiscal events, noting fuel duty is projected to raise £24.4bn in 2025/26.
- Green Alliance is urging an end to the fuel duty freeze, citing analysis that inflation would have risen by about 0.06 percentage points if duty had been uprated, while the OBR estimates the freeze has cost around £100bn.
- Motoring groups warn a per-mile charge could slow EV adoption, pointing to declines in registrations after similar measures in New Zealand and Iceland, though a YouGov poll found 43% support for an EV pay-per-mile tax.
- DESNZ says the Fuel Finder price-reporting tool is on track, requiring stations to post changes within 30 minutes and projected to save drivers 1–6p per litre.