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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to announce a 3p-per-mile car tax scheme that would see electric car owners charged. The scheme is due to take effect from 2028 following a public consultation. The Labour Party Chancellor, Ms Reeves, will unveil the new policy on November 26, according to reports. Ms Reeves will also argue the move will be fairer as petrol drivers already pay £600 a year on average in fuel duty. It will also help the Treasury raise an estimated £1.8billion by 2031 and help plug a fiscal hole caused by the green transition due to the loss of revenue from petrol cars. READ MORE Drivers warned car tax perk will be scrapped for 'first time' ever in UK Sir Mel Stride, the Conservative Party shadow chancellor, told the Daily Telegraph: "If you own it, Labour will tax it. It would be wrong for Rachel Reeves to target commuters and car owners in this way just to help fill a black hole she has created in the public finances. "With Labour's cost of living crisis, now is not the time to hit hard-working families and businesses with another tax raid." One motorist fumed: "Please leave us tax payers alone. Tackle migration and the workshy that'll save you billions." A second sniped: "I think we are all in serious trouble. If this is not just scare mongering it will cause further increases on the basics of life. Everything depends on road transport. This woman is a menace to society." "People are commenting like me in the early hours because they cannot sleep through sheer fear of what this woman is capable of doing," a third said. Another said: "If it's all about revenue, what would happen if we did as we're told and got rid of our cars and used public transport? What would the government do without the billions of pounds of tax revenue from cars?" Another said: "Her budget is going to make her about as popular as a farter in lift. She can kiss goodbye to any future in politics come the next general election, which can't come soon enough for millions of disgruntled Brits. "Therefore, take pity on the couple of hundred Labour MPs losing their seats and having to get proper jobs after Reform form the next government." Gordon Balmer, executive director of the Petrol Retailers Association, said: “With inflation putting pressure on business, the last thing we need is a rise in fuel duty. "We urge the Chancellor to commit to a full freeze on fuel duty and make the 5p-per-litre rebate permanent in the upcoming Budget.”
