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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Milica Cosic

Budget: Electric car owners must start paying road tax, Jeremy Hunt announces

In a blow to some Brit drivers, Jeremy Hunt has today announced all electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Autumn Statement, today revealed that all emission-free vehicles will be have pay the road tax from 2025.

Plans to ban sales of of petrol and diesel vehicles were brought forward by the government from 2040 to 2030.

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