Fuel duty frozen but new-car buyers hit  by ved hikes

MOTORISTS are being unfairly targeted by local authorities – that’s the overwhelming opinion of Auto Express readers following a recent survey, which comes just as Oxfordshire County Council launches

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According to my phone, Taxi House, headquarters of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA) on Great Suffolk Street, London, E1, is just a 15-minute walk from Waterloo station, where I’m located.

THE GOVERNMENT IS failing in a commitment to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) for its own fleet, despite continuing to demand that these models account for 80% of all new car sales in the UK by 2030.

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe