What the UK BUDGET means for DRIVERS ( you can probably guess...)

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@garyyule1949]

They can always find money for Aid for forign countries like Ukraine ect.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yep

[@hasnaintejani9307]

Yup. 3bn every year for as long as it takes. Meddling in other countries makes u get dragged into serving them rather their own citizens.

[@chiccoka]

Money laundering

[@petereszek7071]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru yeah 3B divided by 67M divided by 12 equals about £5/peson/month. Wow 😂

[@1forzak]

Yup loads of aid and military assistance to Isreal too. Absolute joke. The cost of running a fighter jet per flight could fund a full time youth centre staff.

[@jamescollins408]

'How to kill new car sales'... a la Liebour

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍

[@davidclarke7728]

Even when in 2030 if most people go electric they will still need the taxes to cover what they are losing on fossil fuel cars

[@karlwest437]

​@@phubblewubbphubblewubbnever is a long time, upgrading the grid to cope is not an insoluble problem

[@davidellis8141]

@@davidclarke7728 not going to happen EVs are finished, they will die a death because not enough money for the manufacturers. We are seeing it with VW already.

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

@@davidclarke7728 How is someone living in a inner city congested "park if you can street" going to charge a EV outside their house ?

[@Chris-xv2gm]

It won't happen ffs - grow up!

[@Chris-xv2gm]

​@@BillyTheKid-l5jwon't happen.

[@Steve-uf8pk]

Biggest increase in taxes ever, Biggest increase in borrowing ever, Biggest increase in spending ever, No growth, no increase in GDP, broken promises, a failed budget 🥀 labour

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

100%

[@jeremykille4689]

I bloody detest labour.

[@Rustyu9y]

Me too. I preferred giving my tax to Baroness Mone and her ilk.

[@shanemcpherson1015]

@@Rustyu9y this lot will screw it up far far far more than that.

[@FlanGrande]

When will you two understand this is not a Tories vs Labour issue?

[@robwakelin5559]

@@Rustyu9y love it. I have more faith that any money raised won't be VIP laned into "mates'" pockets. 14 years of misery. Let's see where we are in 5 years before we Mone.

[@keithfield6434]

@FlanGrande Maybe they'll get it some day!

[@tomrobinson8384]

That's Jaguar Landrover shutdown then.

[@Thetyrerepairer]

@@tomrobinson8384 It’s why Jaguar will only make EVs now

[@sladehelicoptersgaming3148]

Remember Davo’s and the “ you will own nothing and be happy “ line ? This budget did a lot to support that idea

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

Labour didn't vote themselves in !

[@sladehelicoptersgaming3148]

@ very true but I think the bigger issue is the number of people who didn’t vote at all

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@AlanRoberts-xy4wu]

I HATE LABOUR SO MUCH

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I feel that way about almost all politicians

[@iandennis7836]

Personally, I hate the tory ***** because they think NO pleb (for clarity, that means anyone who isn't a tory party member) should be owning and driving a motor carriage. Labour are at least a bit more honest about it, ie no one ESPECIALLY tories should be driving but if you insist on doing so, they'll make it expensive. I'm no tory but I can within reason afford to keep driving....it ain't cheap but I can still afford the £735 a year tax on our main car. If you lot can't find a way to afford it, we'll.....

[@peterconnor4193]

I will be returning to the uk next year , was planning on getting a jaguar xf , well that's now been shit canned, governments sucks the fun out of everything, tax the working person and motorists to death , and most people need a car to get to work, every budget ever fucks the working people every time

[@peterconnor4193]

@phubblewubbphubblewubb I've lived abroad for quite a long time , the 3.0 v6 is insurance group 44e or there about, I have no no claims 56yo will the insurance be expensive? I've also looked at the xe it's like group 24 , but has the engine with the timing chain issues so thats a no on that one

[@billynomates920]

oh well. you can spend that xf money on your operation over there and maybe mine won't get postponed again. * * joking folks, it's internet commentry. just playing the cat to his fiddle or whatever it's called. 😉

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@phill3144]

Buy a used car

[@garyhalsall4041]

The way it’s going It’s gonna be like when cars were first invented and only the rich elite could afford them 🤦‍♂️

[@shanemcpherson1015]

Thats what they want.

[@garyhalsall4041]

definitely 💯

[@MrReadboy]

Agenda 2030

[@jasonhawkins4528]

Like N.Korea

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

@@garyhalsall4041 Horse and carts on motorways

[@timoliver8940]

Note that ministers get driven around in London in Discoveries and Range Rovers (armoured ones I expect) but they are exempted from these taxes! High time that they walked, cycled or used EVs to go the less than a mile from Downing St to Westminster or to their departmental HQ’s in Whitehall. On the brighter side it might increase the value of used petrol and diesel 4x4’s if they don’t have to pay this new car tax!

[@jenlong8568]

Totally agree

[@jenlong8568]

Totally agree

[@jenlong8568]

Totally agree

[@inis99999]

This is getting to a point where working is not going to be worth the hassle. I use my car only to get to work and ocassionaly go shopping. (I order groceries online) This will push people to quit their jobs and get on benefits

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

I doubt their will be a benefit system left. The way the governments are going, you'll be hard pressed to live a life on benefits. You'll just work until you're 95 and drop. That's if you're lucky.

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

I understand they are doing all they can to get people off benefits and into work , Wonder what sort of job someone who is allergic to work and hates work will do ? and who will take them on ?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Many sit on their arse all day already

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

​@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 Boomers are the luckiest gen !

[@melviniq1169]

@@BillyTheKid-l5j You don't mean politicians do you, as they are a wast of time, but they do help themselves to our money though.

[@KingSadim]

Talking to drivers, insurance is where the biggest concern is re cost

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@nrw34260]

I have 3 cars over 40 years old. No car tax.

[@michellegower1259]

@@nrw34260 I wonder if they'll sting us eventually? My only car is 1968 and I rarely drive but already my car ins has over doubled as I don't have use of a 2nd car! Mad really. I work 2 mile from home, so 2nd car is pointless.

[@squicker]

Same here, 7.5l Stingray, 5mpg, no tax, not MOT 😀 Even my GT4 is very light on tax, strong argument for buying awesome classic performance cars and enjoying them!

[@melviniq1169]

@@squicker That is the rout I was thinking of going down nice idea.

[@Thetyrerepairer]

They will tax them in the future.

[@johnwheeler1629]

There goes the price of everything through the roof. First woman chancellor. Yeah, we know.

[@aficio698]

How to kill off car manufacturers- evidenced by VW and others. I can afford a new car but I refuse to pay these levels of car tax. In addition I will never buy an EV at the ridiculous forecourt prices. Second hand ICE prices will become stronger along with many thousands who will not pay car tax breaking the law. It is all just an excuse to tax more.

[@briantilley3158]

If every driver ended up with an EV, the national grid would need to supply more than double its current capacity. So that’s unlikely to happen. When will people stop pushing the net zero rubbish.

[@stevejones2310]

@@briantilley3158 net zero is only an ambition, it will be difficult to achieve in practice.

[@therealchayd]

The National Grid themselves said that if 80% of car owners switched to EVs overnight, demand would only increase by 10%. But yeah, I agree, people should be able to drive whatever they want. Scrapping thousands of viable ICE cars will be a worse environmental disaster than leaving them on the road. The whole Net Zero thing is bullplop.

[@stevejones2310]

@therealchayd it's the spikes in demand that the grid has to be designed for.

[@jsanders100]

Net zero isn’t rubbish

[@brianstevenson9967]

National Grid have already stated they would not have any issue with the mass change over to EV.

[@dudejames5681]

"walk,cycle,enjoy" in your fifthteen minute gulag"...

[@yvonnehayton6753]

in the pissing rain

[@billynuts1184]

We must be paying to much tax as it if they can afford to send millions to the Ukraine 🤔

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Ronick-Q-46]

I'm keeping my old girl, and the wife as well. 😜😂

[@kevincarbb2819]

Yes I agree ..... I am desperate too.

[@leoseries]

Tax on wives coming next. What then?

[@JonAtLarge]

It's time for a class action against the govt, not for attacking cars but to debunk the entire lies on CO2

[@stevestephens8969]

If the amount of EV Vehicles currently used on UK Roads doubles in the next 36 months and the amount of EV Large Commercials increased by 45% over the same period then the National Grid has already stated that it will be unable to cope. All the planned new 'Renwable Generation' forecast for the next 5 years will not be enough to supply 3 Ton plus Commercial EV currently on UK Roads. Reality verses Cult Ideology.

[@donaldduck5731]

It's the fact every single EV with a decent range is classed as a luxury car. Rip Off Britain.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yep

[@jamesmoyes5685]

The destruction of Industry…

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yep

[@johnfranklin6394]

Those increases for ICE vehicles are brutal. Especially at the more affordable end of the market as those will largely be bought by people on more modest incomes. Someone buying a V8 Range Rover will hardly feel a doubling of VED on a vehicle already costing over £100k, so my sympathy does not lie with them. But, a doubling of VED on a super mini? Harsh.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@_Anime_Shortz]

Why do you not feel any sympathy for the owner of a Range Rover. Who makes them?? Normal people like you and I. Who supplies Range Rover parts? Small businesses in this country. If 10% less people buy them, guess what happens to the workers, the suppliers, the cleaners?? We really need to stop this race to the bottom.

[@chrishart8548]

Isn't it just on the first year

[@johnfranklin6394]

@@_Anime_Shortz fair points. However, I simply meant that a jump in VED that represents 2% or less of the purchase price of the vehicle for someone in the market for a £100k plus car is hardly likely to affect their purchase decision. That's less than the cost of many of the option packs on Range Rover. Whereas, even a couple of hundred quid more tax for someone in the market for a £20k supermini may well give them cause to delay their purchase, look to the second hand market etc etc.

[@markc6030]

Bit click baity Jim, it's only when you first purchase the vehicle. Which dealers put into the purchase price which the customer very rarely pays for all of it anyway. So calm yourself, now if it was from second year then you might panic.

[@stevenkillington5041]

No one will buy new

[@lizmacrae4970]

It’s disgraceful that the unqualified person Reeves has the power to bring hardship to so many people with no evidence that this helps the atmosphere…

[@nicolaclark4234]

My Car insurance was £650.00 more this year. My Council now charges me to park outside my home...stating it due to Climate change. My local area has became infested with ugly, prison like flats...with no parking bays. Pay per mile is coming... My thoughts, we are having the piss taken out if us, I want this Government gone.

[@MarkEdmondston]

The Labour Government are talking 2029 and beyond? If they are as unpopular as we are led to believe? They may well be a one term Government? Being that we have now gone from the cost of Living crisis under the Tories, to the cost of Tax CRISIS under Labour.

[@fredflintstone1]

I would be very suprised if this is not a one term Government but there are many silly voters out there

[@MarkEdmondston]

@fredflintstone1 I agree, you would have thought that after 2010, that would have been a lesson in it's self. This Labour Government is most Dangerous because there is No Opposition, there aren't the numbers to oppose them, again thanks to the voters. All Labour wants is Control over us all, while the Labour MPS get richer with a big grin on there faces, everyone else gets poorer.

[@Pointman607]

Nah, goverments normally go in 13 to 14 year cycles. Doe's not matter who you vote for, they are just the puppets. The real people incharge are far more dangerous than our inept MP's.

[@joe9042]

Pure greed and persecution of petrol car drivers.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@stevenfreeman7798]

Thank you Abdul Starmer and the new Islamic labour party!

[@daviddelgado6090]

Raising the tax on vehicles will make consumers not purchase cars. While this will harm the auto industry, it will allow the government to spend less on road maintenance. Should push WFH forward. Energy consumption should overall drop.

[@sidsod1616]

The Second hand market prices are going to get even more ridiculous because many people won't be able to pay this extra tax on top of all the other taxes paid on a new car. This will also kill off the automotive industry in this country. They are really pushing us off the roads unless you can afford one of those milk floats.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jamesmoyes5685]

The destruction of industry

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@MoragDrummond]

If they are going to make it financially unviable to have anything bar an electric vehicle, they have to make provision for the many people who don’t have a driveway for home charging. As usual, it’s the low earners who are being stung.

[@Hell-Hound1]

Inner city properties with no off street parking, are not owned by "low earners". Quite the opposite in fact.

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@Hell-Hound1 There are still millions of terraced town properties that are at the bottom end of the property market; what about them?

[@madmcadder4536]

Yes that's true.

[@Hell-Hound1]

@@saxon-mt5by This is where the government and local councils will have to work together to supply on street chargers, or pavement gullies to allow charging cables etc. to be used. Also work place chargers should be required in all car parks.

[@martinwoollett8468]

all car parks need to be mandated to install 220v outlets on each parking spot. When I lived in Edmonton in Canada in the seventies this was common for car heaters in the winter so can be done.

[@Higbardon]

What happens when we earn less than we are being taxed?

[@martinsurridge7390]

You lose your house, savings, private pension, they will have their bounty!

[@Caneandunable]

Then you have Communism 👍

[@MrReadboy]

You will own nothing and be happy (according to the WEF)

[@karlwest437]

There are these things called tax bands, you should learn how they work

[@yvonnehayton6753]

Isn't that only for income tax? We pay tax on a lot more than that!

[@alanrobinson2559]

She's closed the tax loopholes all the millionaires have used. No wonder the rich are whingeing

[@dcasteaux9181]

I can afford a new car. But I’m going to stick with my excellent 16 year old Skoda Fabia with £30 road tax.

[@sullytheg]

Good for you🤣 what a weird statement to make. “I can afford a steak but I’m going to stick to my beans on toast”

[@ianrowley5762]

@@sullythegmany people like to drive their older cars. Why give the scum government anymore money.

[@kieranb7047]

@@sullytheg that's not even close to being an equal comparison. 🙈. You are not very bright 😂

[@BiggUgg25]

@@kieranb7047 obviously your on full beam

[@kieranb7047]

@@BiggUgg25 "you're". Im blinding.

[@4321ort]

All liars.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes

[@hazels27]

Morning Jim, you may be ‘just a KZbinr’ but you talk a lot of sense! I am totally disillusioned at the moment so did not follow the budget news, so thank you for explaining it for vehicles. My son in law was thinking of a company car salary sacrifice and this may change his mind. I empathise re the cold as hopefully towards the end of mine post flu jab!

[@gerryparker7699]

Tax is always an emotive issue. It was clear that the previous government underfunded just about everything. Some catch-up was needed. My biggest gripe is the ease with which the ultra wealthy seem to have numerous legal ways of avoiding tax on income and wealth, whilst the rest of us, especially PAYE have to accept it.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Over the course of recent history in most parts of the world you will see that whenever significant economies have grown it has been largely due to stimulous rather than an increase in taxation. If people have more money in their pocket they will generally spend it, creating jobs, genrating more tax revenue than simply taking it from them at source.

[@_Anime_Shortz]

I think you miss the fact that we should be supporting the economy and not stifle it. Basically the budget has no new ideas and it is the continuation of the status quo

[@chrishart8548]

The wealthy don't take an income so they hardly pay any tax.

[@madmcadder4536]

totally agree with you.

[@madmcadder4536]

@@_Anime_Shortz except that this government is having to correct 14 years of tory cock-ups and miss management.

[@anguskay6177]

If wanting to stick with ICE, and wanting to buy not lease, then all the more reason to not buy brand new, and to buy cars that are already 1 year old.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@DavidBoreham-kk9dx]

Cheers Jim firstly congratulations on 54k subscribers as for the budget same as usual screw the cash cow motorists as for the fuel cost ideas all that would happen is that petrol retailers would just threaten to put the tax free price of fuel then the idea would be quietly dropped should ask the supermarkets why branches within 6 mile can vary between £1.29 and £1.43 per litre !!!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It’s very wrong Dave 👍

[@grahamreader9141]

Problem with getting drivers to go down the EV route is they, the government, will be missing out on the exorbitant petrol/diesel vehicle tax so will have to then hit the EV drivers. I believe it was the last government that mentioned that a few years back.

[@karlwest437]

They'll put a tax on charging, to replace the tax on fuel

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Is EV drivers will get royally shafted soon enough

[@OldCodeMonkey]

Biggest shock....how Jim produces a budget update with no spreadsheet.... 🤯

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂😂😂👍

[@billturner6564]

I drive 2000 miles a week in my van ..... how do you think an electric van is going 2 work 😅😅😅😅 Answer it wont

[@martinsurridge7390]

Trailer with a diesel genetator?

[@sanjayh8645]

Saw this little scam today at a shell garage...billboard says 142p a litre for diesel. Pump small print says 168p a litre. Who the hell checks before using it, so Watchout!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Bloody hell

[@prebensvensson3078]

STARMER WILL TAX YOU ALL TO POVERTY

[@richardturner587]

I kind of get what the government is trying to do with regards to the EV Infrastructure....but there are issues here, big ones....EV sales are plummeting, The Power Grid nationally is simply not up to the requirements that would be expected of it .....assuming we all suddenly purchased EV's, and has anyone considered what's going to happen to the Millions of Dud Car Batteries which apparently cannot be recycled!

[@Hell-Hound1]

Well! you're pretty much wrong on just about everything you've written there. May I suggest that you do some research, that doesn't include some bloke from down the pub. Or some ones brothers mate said.

[@jimf4748]

@@Hell-Hound1 Well said, I was going to say the same but you beat me ro it. How he could so much wrong in a couple of lines is amazing.

[@jeffmtitanium1]

Disregarding the battery​ issue the points he makes are correct@@jimf4748

[@jsanders100]

EV sales are up, not plummeting

[@redpill4431]

The global unemployment from all this nonsense will be unsustainable

[@marterlew]

I'll stick with my 2015 toyota argo as my road tax is £O

[@biggobmalc8118]

EV’s a very good idea but they're expensive, and the charging infrastructure in the rural parts of the land is pretty much non-existent. Notwithstanding the fact that public charge points are a rip off, that's if you can find one and if it's actually working. or there isn't a massive queue to get on it.

[@jimf4748]

It depends where you live. I live in a rural part of Scotland but every little village has at least one charger and my small town (pop 9000) has 16 chargers. In over 5 years owning EV's I've never had to queue. Where have you had issues charging?

[@johndoyle4723]

I thought the working people would not see any change to their payslip or tax, company car drivers certainly will, maybe they fall outside of the working person defenition. The premium tax applying to EVs is perverse, very few are below £40k, so this will discourage uptake. Some will think this a good thing.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It’s daft

[@michellegower1259]

What about those who drive historic vehicles? At the moment it's free road tax and MOT. (UK).

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

No change from what I understand

[@MotorFest-k2v]

Also starting to see why so many just don't have cars that are legal tax insurance etc

[@davidpickard9393]

Somebody voted them in but no one will own up. 😂

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂 I didn’t

[@JohnSmith-dn6fk]

I did,sorry

[@briant4323]

The percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is only 0.4%, so CO2 emissions have very little effect

[@jsanders100]

You know something thousands of experts around the world don’t obviously?

[@karlwest437]

​@@jsanders100he probably thinks the ebola virus is tiny so it must be harmless

[@Pointman607]

It's a massive con.

[@Ingleborough111]

They are trying to price bigger vehicles off the road.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

And humans it seems

[@msan2653]

Who can afford a new car. Nowadays people don't need to drive for work. We have video calling, saving a company time and money. Meaning people can spend time with family and not in a car polluting the plant. We need to get cheaper trains. Far less stressful than driving, a lot more healthier for the planet and yourself. We only have one planet. Look after it and get out of that car and exercise. You don't want to have a stroke before 50.

[@therealunclevanya]

Not the brightest button are you

[@isackville]

Thankfully I am saying electric for my next car so it shouldn't be to bad. We have to wait and see if there is any more costs. Great video jim

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@AconcernedUKcitizen]

I wonder where that extra charge will end up, most likely straight into "green" so call projects.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It's to fill the £40bn black hole they keep talking about whilst paying for 5000 empty hotel rooms every night.

[@chlobix22]

They are trying to make it too expensive for petrol and diesel car owners so you buy milk floats.

[@Barnilsbrotv5678]

I wouldn't mind paying higher tax if things worked but nothing does nowadays. You can't drive anywhere without delays due to roadworks that nobody seems to be working on. Roads are in bad condition, healthcare is a shambles...

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I could not agree more

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

This should halt car sales a tad! And this us labours idea of growth?

[@gavinparry5426]

Pushing everybody into EV..... yuk

[@Hell-Hound1]

Do you drive for pleasure? or, do you drive out of necessity? If it's the latter then you'll drive what you can afford. Regardless of its fuel.

[@karlwest437]

EVs are nice to drive, you should try one

[@stephenroberts8057]

It never ceases to amaze me that every time there’s an election millions of people vote Labour, then they spend the next 3 or 4 years moaning about them - STOP VOTING LABOUR !!!!!!

[@adriancazan6957]

Taxes and living costs increased too much in this country, so sooner than later, old people/pensioners could not even afford to die.

[@davidoldboy5425]

The people buying luxury cars won't blink, but the rest of us suffer, more proof that Labour hate the working man and love the rich, as after all most of them are millionaires.

[@kevinpounder]

Surprised they didn't put tax on mobility scooters 😅

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Don’t give them ideas 😉👍

[@olivergroves2007]

We are all screwed lol! EVs getting road tax as of 2025. Best option leave the the UK if you can. It’s a sinking ship

[@kab7044]

Leaving the UK because of tax on EV’s! Wow, that’s all I can say…

[@olivergroves2007]

@ and everything else! Did you not see the budget yesterday? Also the quality of life which has been declining for years?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Not a bad idea

[@olivergroves2007]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru life’s too short! And there are many better countries out there. Unfortunately the uk has peaked and it’s just not worth being here anymore

[@geewoods6590]

@@kab7044 its a collection of things

[@stevendavis2122]

I was looking for an excuse to give up motoring, thank you liebour.

[@mikadavies660]

The biggest one was No Pence per Mile.... Thank God!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I still feel like I’m getting heavily shafted.

[@royalirishranger1931]

Basically this bunch of self seeking tricksters we call a government , doesn't give a toss about the ordinary people of this country. They will continue and increase the tax take .

[@bordersw1239]

It’s just become politics based on envy. Stop people that have worked hard driving expensive cars, stop them sending their children to a better school etc etc.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@craighuddy5351]

If you can drive expensive cars and send kids to private schools. These tax changes really aren’t going to hurt you… The U.K. public infrastructure needs investment, look at tax across the world its going up, people want better public services guess what we all have to pay for it.

[@Szymek74]

@@craighuddy5351 Many middle income families will be forced to take their kids out of private education which only adds more pressures on state schools. Chucking more money at something doesn't necessarily equal improvements. The NHS is haemorrhaging money. Filling up the leaky bucket won't fix it. It needs root and branch reform.

[@craighuddy5351]

@ not many middle income families are sending kids to private school people on 60k ish aren’t spending an average of 16000 on private schools a year… Well under investment and the private sector didn’t seem to work to well, so why not try a bit more investment.

[@bordersw1239]

@@craighuddy5351 many private schools will close, certainly the one I work in - the second biggest employer in my area. Somehow the local schools will have to accommodate another 300 pupils, 200 people will lose their jobs - 90% of which lived locally and spent their money in the community. On top of those jobs will be the fall in income for many local businesses- groundsmen, plumbers , builders etc. This will happen up and down the country and all those employees and businesses pay tax.

[@eddymaddix1786]

"but they never seem to factor in that not as many people will buy one of those Vehicles" Do you really think that it is only for VED that they don't account for the behavioural impact of a change to a tax?

[@grumblewoof4721]

I have a 2016 BMW 330e hybrid that currently costs me zero VED. The changes seem to apply to cars that were built from 2017. I was thinking of leasing an EV and selling my BMW but I can't seem to find the info about when I might pay VED on my BMW and how much ... anyone know ? Also, If the VED is going up, is it a good idea to lock in a 3 or 4 year Lease now ?

[@David-nd4to]

Where's that pay per mile kept being spouted every 5 mins.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Not here yet, just the current pseudo pay per mile via fuel tax

[@David-nd4to]

@ yet? Oh so you know it’s coming lmfao

[@chrishart8548]

First year roadtax is a bit meaningless its basically part of the list price really if you had a price in mind you would either have to include the first year ved or ask the dealer for a discount. Its still part of payment to receive the car.

[@ronmullard5718]

How they can justify these rises when you look at the state of the roads in UK

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

They don’t need to, they can just take it legally. Dreadful.

[@davidwookey3792]

So I have 3.5 tonight motorhome which I pay £325 VED. A 4 tone one is £185. I drive about 2500 miles a year in that, so why don't Motorhomes have a special rate, surely that should be about £100 a year? There are no EV ones, they would do about 50 miles on a charge and weigh so much there would be no payload for even a C1 licence holder

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

So you’ll have to pay through the nose to have a motorhome in future.

[@SurrenderLemon]

Jim, appreciate what you're saying about a company car being a 'tool' for some professions, but a company car will only attract income tax when they're also made available for personal use.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

All they need to do is make it lower for those doing X amount or % of business mileage as it used to be, therefore only punishing those who have on purely as a perk - but of course that didn't generate enough tax.

[@fatherchristmas2998]

You may not know. But labour has shares in arms companies and fossil fuel companies. People moan they soon will tax you for the air you breath. They could bring in a tax to do that. You give out methane and carbon monoxide

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Politicians are almost all crooked, I don’t vote anymore for any of the self serving clowns.

[@williamfence566]

Remember reading that a trabant in the old eastern europe was £000's on the black market because that's all there was. I've no crystal ball but park that 10 year old Aygo in a garage it might be your pension.

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

What happens if you live in a Mid terrest property with no off road parking or access at the rear. Where do you put the EV charger? This really hasn't been thought through. While it is a good thing in principle, I feel that the Goverments as well as the previouse Govrerment have gone into this without any thought for the countries infrastructure or the cost it would incure transport companies to change their Vans Cars , Lorries ETC from Petrol or Diesel over to Electric. As usual they are trying to look good in the eyes of the rest of the world. And just like the switch to Digital TV, we don't get a say in the matter.

[@stevenbrady8279]

What great news for car manufacturers and those people they employ. 🤬

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Exactly

[@chrisduffill5248]

Jim, thanks for this , if a new EV is bought what is the tax if it costs 50k. I hope your cold is better soon …Chris

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Chris. I don;t know at the moment but obviously it'll be some level of VED plus luxury car tax

[@chrishart8548]

If someone can afafford £50k the can probably afford the VED

[@newbatling4194]

Get the drivers off the road but don't improve public transport....i think people will be giving up work and claiming benefits instead... also this will put cost up of everything, people won't be able to spendbecause they will have no money left

[@SNUSNU-lz7dh]

Well that’s gonna finish off the new car sales. The car manufacturers are already in big trouble from Net Zero LABOUR ABSOLUTELY SUCK

[@mikepowell2776]

Rumours deliberately started? Of course they were - but not necessarily by HMG. There’s a whole bunch of people who just like to cause undermining concern.

[@hasancreed248]

Government: We can spend carelessly and the final bill will be paid by taxpayers. Happy days.🎉

[@madmcadder4536]

They have inherited a bag of shyte from the Torys to be fair. Schools falling down, hospitals falling down, the Liz Truss economy damage....the list goes on and on. Decades of underinvestment and kicking the problems down the road.

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

STARMER DON'T KEIR ~~~ HE DON'T KEIR AT ALL

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂👍

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Thank You. Best, Jamie.

[@stevenprestwich521]

i bought a new Mercedes E class diesel/mild hybrid in 2022 and i have to pay £530 a year tax for the first 5 years then its around £170 becuase its valued over £40k, were as in the last 12 months i've had 3 new vans 2 of which was over £40k both VW and they kick ya arse with £335 tax,

[@madmcadder4536]

Well this should lift the EV market. Labour say they have got further plans to come to lift the economy as yet unpublished. I guess its wait and see.

[@abc33944]

On the bright side .. 1p off a pint of beer

[@GregoryKodolanyiRitter]

Unbelievable generosity. 🤣

[@WheelieMacBin]

Exciting times.

[@marcothorsen950]

Might of been welcomed in the year 1894..

[@MrBlaugeist]

Already expensive to have a beer out ! ………..1p won’t help

[@David-th2ug]

Time electric vehicles paid the same as petrol and diesel.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

You have a choice

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

We are heading back to the Middle Ages. The UN's sustainable goals clearly state that car usage will be limited in the future. Those who can afford car travel and emergency services will be the only people on the roads. Car ownership 40 yrs time will be a thing of the past. You'll be using public transport and live a sustainable life with limited resources, just like the surfs in the Middle Ages with a technocratic and authoritarian overlay. Future generations will know no different, and the car will be a thing of the past, sort of. Good Luck!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👌

[@Nigelrudyardmusic]

Hardly surprising. The old Labour governments were tax and spend. This government is tax and build up fiscal surplus -- not what governments are for.

[@deathski2]

I don’t mind a pound a mile charge. The government knows what’s best for us.

[@yvonnehayton6753]

Please tell me you're being facetious?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂

[@nrw34260]

My Kia Ceed here in Spain costs 50€ per year in SUMA (car tax)