#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
Right, so the government, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that what we really need is yet another way to tax the poor, put-upon and downtrodden British motorist.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his budget today (6 March 2024), probably the last budget before the General Election (and of the current Conservative Government?) – so what was in it for the motorist? Good news or bad. What seems like positive news, keeping the freeze on fuel duty, a closer examination by the RAC reveals, it’s not all as great as it seems.
In my latest ULEZ News Update, I look at the RAC report that reveals 700,000 cars will be impacted by the ULEZ Expansion, the Mayor’s Superloop, or should that be superloopy nuts plans to rescue all those who won’t be able to afford to run their non-ULEZ cars, plus details of the next big protest!
A couple of things have happened. Energy prices has rocketed, and fuel prices have actually come down. So now it can actually cost more per mile to run an EV than a petrol car!