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Police seize over 200,000 vehicles
- 19/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
More than a quarter of a million vehicles were taken off UK roads last year. According to a new Freedom of Information request by National Scrap Car, 214,051 cars were seized by police forces during 2023 based on information from 23 of 45 police forces. The cars were seized for a number of reasons including no [...] -
Drivers still paying tax on stolen vehicles
- 24/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) by Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA), has revealed that 17,086 UK motorists are still paying tax on vehicles listed as stolen. According to DVLA data for September 2023, of 54,804 vehicles recorded as stolen, almost a [...] -
Industry body calls for clarity around EV tax plans
- 10/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) has urged the government to make benefit-in-kind taxation tables for electric vehicles (EVs) available through to the end of the decade. Information has only been published up until 2024-25. Paul Hollick, AFP, chair, said: “We’ve been banging the drum about this [...] -
EV running costs half that of petrol cars
- 28/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that the annual cost of running an electric car is nearly half that of a petrol equivalent. A study carried out by comparethemarket estimated that it is 47% cheaper when considering key factors such as insurance, fuel, and tax. It found that the average cost to run an electric vehicle for [...] -
Number of tax-exempt cars to drop
- 28/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
It has been estimated that the number of tax-exempt cars will be slashed from around 445 to 13 in 18 months' time under new car tax plans. This means that motorists buying a car with low emissions will not be rewarded as they are now, according to Rebecca Long-Bailey, the Shadow Treasury Minister. George [...]