Treasury Pressured on Road Tax

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Pay per mile road tax ‘on Treasury agenda’ as electric cars take over

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Adam Smith was Jeremy Hunt's chief of staff from 2022 to 2024 .

He said senior civil servants pushed Downing Street to “start preparatory work on a road pricing scheme’ Given the 22bn black hole Ms Reeves claims she faces, Mr Smith said road pricing levies “will no doubt be back on officials’ agendas”.

Treasury has long been worried about the long-term sustainability of the 32bn a year they collect in motoring taxes.

As more and more people buy electric cars, revenues from traditional duties will likely drop.

Road pricing was ultimately a step too far and would also have been terrible politics for a party reliant on older voters.

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