Nevertheless, speaking at a party event in Derbyshire, leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, said such levies “are put on by politicians who don’t fill up their cars or who ride bicycles in North London”. The MP for Clacton-on-Sea said Reform would, if it was in power, forgo proposed hikes for fuel duty by scrapping the Electric Car Grant, as well as Carbon Capture Spending.
In a statement, a spokesperson for HM Treasury told Auto Express that the Government “ha[s] the right plan”, reiterating that the fuel duty cut funding would begin by 1p rise in September, followed by a further 2p rise in December and then finally another 2p rise in March 2027.
For now, a rise in LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) prices could also see electricity prices rise – but not in the immediate future. The energy price cap has already been set for the three months from April, at 5.74p per kWh for gas and 24.67p per kWh for electricity. This could rise significantly from July as suppliers contend with spiralling wholesale costs and thus make charging an EV at home or using public infrastructure more expensive.
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