Survey suggests pay-per-mile road tax damaging drivers faith in EVs
According to a poll of 12,000 drivers by the AA and electric car website Electrifying.com, most petrol or diesel car owners believe a switch to electric will not save them money. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is largely to blame, suggests the survey, due to her intention to levy a per-mile tax on zero-emission vehicles, according to […]
Go-Ahead London MD says Labour tax hike has made some London bus routes ‘unsustainable’
The new managing director of Go-Ahead London, the capital’s biggest bus firm, says hikes in National Insurance and rising inflation have made several bus routes “unsustainable” financially, says the Standard. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, in her October 2024 Budget, increased the rate of employers’ National Insurance from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent, starting from April 2025. It was […]
Taxi tax: Bolt announces fare price bidding trials
Ride-sharing firm Bolt has criticised potential plans for a new “taxi tax” as “incredibly harmful” to the industry, as it trials a new feature letting drivers set prices and negotiate with passengers. Bolt claims that tax changes would disproportionately affect shift-based workers and vulnerable people who rely on taxi services, says the Impartial Reporter. The […]
Chancellor reported to be considering EV per-mile charge
The Chancellor is said to be planning to charge electric vehicle drivers 3p per mile in duty, in a bid to get back some cash lost to the Treasury because fuel duty is not levied on EVs. The Telegraph says that under current plans to be announced by the Chancellor in the budget, drivers of […]
Mott MacDonald responds to the chancellor’s judicial review statement
Claudio Tassistro, managing director energy, Europe, Mott MacDonald, has issued a response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ judicial review statement from earlier this week. “Changes announced today to the judicial review process will be critical to successful delivery of the government’s 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy and clean energy 2030 target within the timeframes set out,” he says. […]
£66 million transport boost for Scotland confirmed
As Highways News reported on Friday, the UK Government has announced that it is boosting investment across Scotland through two investment zones and multiple industrial sites from the North East of Scotland Investment Zone to the Prestwick Aerospace Cluster. The investment will help workers access jobs in high growth sectors supercharged by the government’s modern […]
Government announces over 50 road and rail upgrades, supporting more than 39,000 new homes and 42,000 jobs
Millions of commuters and businesses are set to benefit from quicker journeys, as more than 50 road and rail upgrades are given the green light – including the long awaited A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route and Portishead to Bristol city centre rail line, the government has announced today. Working people will also gain better access to […]
“A significant opportunity to deliver differently” – reactions to the Comprehensive Spending Review
The transport sector is reacting to the Government’s Spending Review, in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to spending £24bn of capital funding to road maintenance between 2026 and 2030, Rachel Ellison, advisory and programme development managing director for UK and Europe at Mott MacDonald, has responded: “Plans to spend £113bn on infrastructure provides certainty to […]
ITS UK responds to Chancellor’s Transport for City Regions announcement
Following the announcement of the £15.6 billion of funding for transport across the UK’s City Regions by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ITS UK Chief Executive Max Sugarman, has issued a response. “It’s great to see City Regions – including a number of ITS UK members – receive funding today for transport projects ahead of […]
Chancellor to announce £15bn for transport projects
Billions of pounds of investment in transport infrastructure in England are set to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves today. The money will be spent on tram, train and bus projects in mayoral authorities across the Midlands, the North and the West Country. The move comes before the government’s spending review next week, which will […]