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Rural drivers to face steepest bills under UK’s mileage-based electric vehicle tax
(www.theguardian.com)
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I suspect it's the thin end of the wedge.
Electric cars today.
ICE cars tomorrow (double dipping by also retaining fuel tax)
It could be this governments poll tax moment, but maybe it's a slow boiling of the frog so no-one will do anything.
If only the spent this revenue on fixing our crater filled roads full of zombie potholes ressurecting themselves from last year.