Road charges to fill £40bn black hole?

[Lancpudn]

Are we all up for some new VED by telematics where as each individual journey will be logged & charged to your account? The AA are calling for a 3000 mile free allowance before charges kick in, I'll still end up paying nowt as I don't even do that mileage per year if that was the case.
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/com...losses-say-mps


Some interesting proposals on the table from the transport committee whereas the new VED would be split into three categories with a (road user charge) for all vehicles which would pay for road infrastructure, The (distance charge) would charge for miles driven & the (Time charge) would cover pollution & congestion charge.


One of the proposals regarding the 'Time charge' stood out saying if you drive in congested rush hour traffic on the busy commuter routes & there was a viable public transport service available irrespective of the type of car you drive you would be charged more for those journeys.


“A favourable tax regime, together with a raft of new models and significant growth in the charging network, will play a vital part in accelerating our journey along the road to zero.”

"In evidence submitted to MPs on the Transport Committee, which is conducting an inquiry into road pricing (it has yet to publish its findings), Greener Transport Solutions says that, to coincide with the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars, Government should announce that fuel duty and VED will be scrapped from 2030 and replaced by a mandatory road user charge based on distance and time".

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/lat...o-drive-change