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‘No viable alternative’: UK must introduce road pricing, MPs say

Transport committee concludes that drop in fuel-duty revenues from shift to electric requires urgent action

Motorists will have to pay by the mile to make up a £35bn tax shortfall that will arise from the shift to electric vehicles, MPs have warned, calling on the government to act urgently to bring in a national road pricing scheme.

The cross-party Commons transport select committee said it saw “no viable alternative” to road pricing and work should start immediately on creating a replacement for fuel duty before it dwindled away with the transition.

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