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The government has put new taxes on electric vehicles as it tries to plug a hole in the country’s finances.
Jeremy Hunt confirmed green cars will no longer be exempt from paying road taxes.
The chancellor confirmed the shock move as he laid out £55 billion worth of cuts and tax rises.
Electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty from April2025 to make the motoring tax system ‘fairer’, Mr Hunt has said.