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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

With fuel duty revenue set to fall, is it time for the UK to introduce road pricing?

Traffic in London with Canary Wharf skyscrapers in the background
The simplest charge would be one linked to the total distance driven, read off the vehicle’s milometer and paid at the annual MOT checkup. Photograph: Marcin Rogozinski/Alamy

While the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, grapples with the parlous £40bn funding gap in Britain’s finances, another £25bn of annual revenue is revving up to disappear into the sunset.

As the Treasury knows all too well, turning cars electric will spell the end of that great money-spinner fuel duty. But no one appears ready to grab the wheel and tax motoring in a different way.

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