Case for road pricing grows and gains support of council bosses01/06/2023 Another think tank has called for a per mile ‘Road Duty’ for electric vehicles to compensate for lower revenues from motoring taxes. |
Tory think tank rows in behind road pricing24/05/2023 A free market think tank has mooted a ‘pay as you drive’ scheme as the only form of motoring taxation for Zero Emission Vehicles. |
Sparks fly over Hunt's road pricing snub08/03/2023 The Transport Select Committee has slammed Treasury ministers for failing to engage with its report last year on road pricing, in which it warned that the Government risks losing billions if it does not explore new forms of road taxation. |
CIHT president gives support to hypothecated road pricing01/12/2022 A simple pay-as-you-go road pricing system with hypothecated proceeds could fill the looming revenue black hole from the switch to electric vehicles and provide a long-term funding stream for local road maintenance, the president of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation has argued. |
Hunt 'set to move towards road pricing'16/11/2022 The RAC has called a suggestion that the chancellor is set to put forward proposals towards a system of road pricing a potential ‘landmark moment’ in the way drivers are taxed. |
'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. |
Scottish Government puts road pricing firmly on the agenda17/01/2022 Scottish ministers will this year commission research into demand management options to discourage car use, ‘including pricing’. |
Transport minister Dey links road pricing with more powers for Scotland03/12/2021 Road pricing is likely to be necessary for Scotland in the future but cannot be delivered holistically until the Scottish Government has further powers, its transport minister has said. |
Sunak 'considers road pricing to plug tax gap'16/11/2020 The chancellor is reportedly considering introducing road pricing to address a tax shortfall of up to £40bn that is expected to arise as drivers switch to electric cars. |
Road pricing could help solve congestion, say engineers14/12/2015 A ‘challenge paper’ published by the Royal Academy of Engineering has concluded that efficient road pricing offers the best way to tackle road congestion. |
Ring-fencing of road pricing could save drivers millions, report says24/10/2013 A new research paper has identified £12.2 billion of annual inefficiency across England’s road network, a figure that may rise to £27 billion per year by 2040 if action is not taken to reverse under-investment. |
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