Drivers to be furthered punished for driving!

One of the most nefarious taxes being worked on by Government is “a pay-per-mile” car tax system, also known as road pricing.

It is being discussed as a potential alternative to the current Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) model.

This system would charge drivers based on the number of miles they drive, rather than a fixed annual amount or fuel consumption, to ensure all vehicles contribute to road maintenance costs. Do remember that we also pay tax of the fuel we use and the Treasury gets around £7.3bn a year. That should pay for a other of pot holes right?With Electric Vehicles now paying VED from 1st April the OBR have forecast a billion-pound climb to £8.3 billion for the year 2024-25.

What a massive income for the crooks in Government!

Now the cost of VED varies depending on factors like the car’s age, fuel type, and CO2 emissions. For most drivers with petrol or diesel cars registered on or after April 1, 2017, the standard annual rate after the first year is £190 as of the 2024-25 financial year. This rate applies regardless of emissions once the first year is over.

However, starting April 1, 2025, this standard rate is set to increase slightly with inflation (based on the Retail Price Index), and zero-emission vehicles, like electric cars, will no longer be exempt—they’ll also pay a small first-year rate of £10, then move to the standard rate.

For the first year, new cars pay a rate based on their CO2 emissions.

As of April 1, 2025, these rates are changing to favor zero-emission vehicles more heavily. For example:

• Zero-emission cars (0 g/km CO2): £10 (up from £0).

• 1-50 g/km CO2 (e.g., many hybrids): £110 (up from £10).

• 51-75 g/km CO2: £130 (up from £30).

• Higher emitters, like those over 255 g/km, will see rates double to £745.

Got that, so higher emitting vehicles Car tax goes from £190 to £745.

Think that is enough? Wrong,

That’s nowhere near enough for the NET ZERO monsters in Government.

The absolute climate zealots on the Climate Change Commission are urging that Chancellor Reeves considers introducing a 'pay-per-mile' scheme, which would see drivers charged for every mile they drive regardless of how they power their cars. The Tony Blair Institute has suggested that cars and vans should be hit with a 1p-per-mile charge. Others have suggested 15p per mile.

At a median cost of 10p/mile and on the national average mileage, the average motorist would PAY around £500 - £800 a year, as opposed to a few hundred pounds back in 2017. But averages are misleading. I do 12,000 miles a year so my costs rise to £1200. Back in my more active years, I averaged 18,000 miles a year so that would have been £1800.

This is all a deliberate assault on the driver. They want US off the roads.

This is a WEF narrative being moved into position by the Starmer regime!