Puts pressure on government: will introduce new tax on motorists
Petrol and diesel car owners may need to get ready for a more expensive drive.
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The plan sounds pretty simple immediately: The longer you drive, the more you have to pay.
But in England, a new proposal for a kilometer-based toll has thrown fuel on the political bonfire and put the Labor Government Finance Minister Rachel Reeves in a dilemma already noise on the British roads.
The proposal has been in circulation for a while, but it has seriously emerged after the Tony Blair Institute – with the former prime minister himself as a front figure – has chosen to dust off the idea and give it new momentum. The organization believes that the time has come to burden owners of petrol and diesel cars with a tax of every mile they are traveling.
The bill? About six Danish øre per. kilometer.
It writes the British media Daily Exptress.
For Rachel Reeves, it may turn out to be a rather explosive package to unpack. The proposal has already been presented last year, and now the Tony Blair Institute requires action. At the same time, the climate organization is pushing the Green Alliance with its own bid – and they are targeting the heavy transport.
Here it is not just about the economy, but about the CO₂ accounts. The organization wants trucks driving on fossil fuels to be a significantly higher tax than passenger cars. And the inspiration is drawn directly from other European countries – including Denmark, where you already work with kilometer -based models for certain modes of transport.
The Green Alliance believes that the incentive for green transition should be tough. Electric trucks must be in the front row, and this must be done, among other things, by setting goals for how much of the sale of the truck manufacturers must dedicate to electric-powered models. If they fail in that calculation, fines must fall in the order of ‘AV-AV’.
More power and fewer exhaust pipes
But it doesn’t stop there. At the same time, the Green Alliance requires the government to start investing massively in charging infrastructure for heavy transport. They will also have re -visited the current truck tax for a thorough reform.
Although the proposal is still at the stage of ideas, both climate ambitions and financial considerations are pushing hard. Especially in the back seat of Rachel Reeves’ political vehicle.
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