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Drivers set to benefit as UK and US cut car tariffs

Siobhan Doyle

8th May 2025
Tesla dethroned in the UK by two lesser-known Chinese brands

Siobhan Doyle

7th May 2025
Trump eases car tariffs burden as new trade measures loom

Siobhan Doyle

30th Apr 2025
The shocking number plates just banned by DVLA in latest crackdown

Siobhan Doyle

28th Apr 2025
All new cars to be zero-emission from 2035: consultation on EV transition open

Jamie Edkins

6th Jan 2025
Autumn budget 2024: fuel duty frozen, EV tax breaks and investment in charge points

Jamie Edkins

30th Oct 2024
Hybrid cars exempt from UK’s 2030 petrol and diesel ban

Iain Reid

17th Sep 2024
Labour Manifesto: 6 promises for drivers

Tom Barnard

13th Jun 2024
Conservative Manifesto: 10 things the Tories are promising drivers

Tom Barnard

11th Jun 2024
Lib Dem Manifesto: 7 pledges for drivers

Tom Barnard

11th Jun 2024
Labour promise probe into soaring car insurance costs

Tom Barnard

4th Jun 2024
How to avoid traffic delays during the late May bank holiday weekend

John Rawlings

2nd May 2024
“It was almost like the best laxative known to man,” says Frank Bird on 20th anniversary of being one of first Traffic Officers

John Rawlings

26th Apr 2024
Traffic delays on M25, M3, M4, M20, M27 as 52 new emergency areas installed

John Rawlings

11th Apr 2024
General election: Labour will revert ban on petrol and diesel-powered car sales to 2030, if elected

John Rawlings

15th Mar 2024
Spring budget 2024: what does it mean for motorists?

John Rawlings

6th Mar 2024
House of Lords report highlights four key issues for government to resolve to boost confidence in buying EVs

John Rawlings

7th Feb 2024
Transport for London investing £150 million in technology capable of enforcing pay-per-mile road charging

Jamie Edkins

5th Feb 2024
Andy Burnham plans to scrap clean air zone charging in Greater Manchester

Jamie Edkins

14th Dec 2023
UK government confirms pathway to 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales

Jamie Edkins

5th Dec 2023
Autumn Budget 2023: what does it mean for motorists?

Darren Cassey

22nd Nov 2023
Government passes laws to make public EV charging easier and more accessible

Jamie Edkins

27th Oct 2023
Labour and Conservative party conferences 2023: everything you need to know

Jamie Edkins

19th Oct 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hits the brakes on 20mph zones and low traffic neighbourhoods

Jamie Edkins

2nd Oct 2023
Ban on petrol and diesel cars pushed back to 2035

Jamie Edkins

20th Sep 2023
New report sets out Government steps to make self-driving cars a reality

Paul Barker

15th Sep 2023
Bath and North East Somerset Council introduces emission-based parking charges

Jamie Edkins

6th Sep 2023
TfL to impose toll on drivers using Blackwall Tunnel from 2025

Jack Healy

15th Aug 2023
Rishi Sunak orders review of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Jamie Edkins

31st Jul 2023
Spring Budget 2023: what it means for motorists

Jamie Edkins

15th Mar 2023
London considers charging drivers on a pay-per-mile basis

Hugo Griffiths

23rd Feb 2023
London boroughs rebel against TfL’s ULEZ expansion plans

Hugo Griffiths

24th Jan 2023
How is the Russian invasion of Ukraine affecting the global car industry?

Nick Lette van Oostvoorne

17th May 2022
Fuel duty cut by 5p per litre across the UK

Nick Lette van Oostvoorne

23rd Mar 2022
What does the Autumn budget 2021 mean for UK drivers?

Nick Lette van Oostvoorne

27th Oct 2021
UK Net Zero Strategy: further £620m allocated for EV grants and charging infrastructure

Ryan Hirons

20th Oct 2021
New 60mph limit imposed on nine UK motorways to improve air quality

John Tallodi

20th Jul 2021
Self-driving cars set to take to UK roads before the end of 2021

John Tallodi

28th Apr 2021

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