fuel duty
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Opinion 1 Mar 2021Road pricing – the devil is in the politics
Dr Steve Melia, senior lecturer in transport and planning at the University of the West of England (UWE), and author of Roads Runways and Resistance, says Government focus should be on reversing fuel duty cuts.
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Fleet industry news 1 Mar 2021Fleets split over road pricing plan to replace tax losses
Fleet News survey shines light on fuel duty and VED alternative as ‘certainty’ tops fleet wish-list for Wednesday's Budget.
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Electric fleet news 18 Dec 2020Treasury report warns of tax take threat from electric vehicles
The Government has admitted in a new report that tax revenues are at significant risk from the switch to electric vehicles (EVs).
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Fleet industry news 10 Oct 2019MPs to launch inquiry into road pricing
Transport Committee says Government cannot ignore “fiscal black hole” from falling fuel duty receipts.
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Tax and legislation news 1 Jun 2018Government must increase fuel duty to curb congestion and emissions
Former Government advisor Professor David Begg claims the seven-year freeze on fuel duty has caused an extra 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, in new report.
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Tax and legislation news 7 Nov 2017
Cut fuel duty in the Budget, says the PRA
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has written to the Chancellor urging him to not just freeze, but cut fuel duty by 5ppl in the Autumn Budget this month.
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Fleet industry news 9 Jan 2017Diesel prices could hit 130p a litre this year, warn experts
OPEC production cut, Trump election and Article 50 to blame for rises
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Fleet industry news 2 Dec 2016Fuel prices will hit £1.20 a litre again 'very quickly', says industry body
Fuel prices in the UK are set to rapidly rise following the middle east's OPEC decision to cut production.
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Fleet industry news 23 Nov 2016Partial reprieve for salary sacrifice as fuel duty frozen and company car tax changes announced
The fleet industry has won a partial reprieve on salary sacrifice, with ultra-low emission vehicles excluded from changes announced in the autumn statement.
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Fleet industry news 16 Mar 2016Chancellor freezes fuel duty and continues to consult on company car tax
The fleet industry has welcomed the continuing freeze in fuel duty after the Chancellor George Osborne cancelled the inflationary rise due next month.
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Fleet industry news 14 Mar 2016Tax burden on fuel is already ‘too great’
Four out of five motorists believe the tax burden on fuel is already too high even before the Chancellor decides whether or not to increase fuel duty.
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Fleet industry news 9 Mar 2016Falling fuel duty could put tolls back on the agenda
The impending sale of the M6 toll road and rise in ULEVs has reignited the debate over alternative taxation models and pay-as-you go road pricing.
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Fleet industry news 21 Dec 2015Low diesel pump prices raise fears of hike in fuel duty
Treasury accounts reveal tax take is budgeted to increase
