EVs are no longer exempt from VED04/04/2025 From 1 April this week, zero emission vehicles were no longer exempt from paying Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), helping stem some of the Treasury losses from the move to electric vehicle technology. |
'Get moving on road pricing,' MPs say04/02/2022 MPs have backed a move towards road pricing to avert a £35bn black hole in the public finances. |
VED hypothecation ‘fizzles out’ after £2bn Treasury raid05/11/2021 The Government’s pledge to spend ‘every penny’ of English Vehicle Excise Duty on improving the road network is in tatters after it cut the money in what was its flagship National Roads Fund by more than £2bn. |
Revenue from car tax falls by £93m21/07/2016 Revenue from vehicle excise duty has fallen by £93 million in the year following the abolition of the paper tax disc, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s newly published annual report and accounts show*. |
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