Reeves 'plans pay-per-mile tax' on electric vehicles in Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Drivers using electric vehicles (EVs) could face a new pay-per-mile tax in Rachel Reeves' Budget, according to reports.
58% : " The chancellor has already put the country on notice that sweeping tax rises could be coming this month, saying during an unprecedented pre-Budget address this week that "we will all have to contribute".
53% : The AA has warned that the policy could be seen as a "poll tax on wheels" and urged Ms Reeves to "tread carefully".
50% : The tax would raise billions of pounds to help Ms Reeves get the extra revenue needed to balance the nation's books.
46% : A number of senior ministers are concerned that breaking the manifesto pledge to not raise income tax, VAT or employee national insurance contributions could prevent any hope of a political recovery, with the party languishing in the polls.
45% : She is facing the prospect of breaking Labour's manifesto pledge to not increase income tax, national insurance or VAT, and has signalled that she would be willing to break the promise as she warned of "hard choices" ahead.
44% : "We need to see the detail of this proposal to ascertain whether these new taxes will be equitable or a poll tax on wheels.

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