The Chancellor George Osborne announced the abolition of planned
fuel duty increases in the 2015 Budget, claiming the accumulated tax
freezes would save Britain's 30 million motorists £10 every time they
filled up at the pumps.
It's a typically oblique political claim; cutting a planned
0.5p-a-litre increase will not save a tenner for any motorist filling a
typical fuel tank of, say, 50 to 60 litres. Rather, he's referring to
the planned five-year freeze on the fuel duty escalator, in real terms.
But then this was very much a Budget of posturing and smoke and mirrors,
as the May elections loom large.
Drivers living in rural areas may benefit from 5p-a-litre cuts, as a new countryside tax relief kicks in on 1 April 2015, the Budget also revealed today.
And Osborne announced further investment into autonomous cars and revealed Government plans to reduce the Severn road crossing toll from 2018, when it passes into public ownership.
Read on for a full analysis of the key automotive tax tweaks unveiled, with changes to fuel duty, car tax and other fiscal measures. We've got a full round-up of all the motoring news live from the 2015 Budget.
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