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Drivers face having a monitoring device fitted to cars under new 3p pay-per-mile car tax changes from the Labour Party government. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, is set to introduce VED+ from November 26, according to widespread reports.

Professor ManMohan Sodhi, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Bayes Business School (City St George's, University of London, says taxes were needed,- because they are "rational".

He said: "Fuel duty on petrol and diesel brings the Government £24.4billion, which it would lose if all drivers were to switch to electric. Another justification is that pure EVs, even plug-in hybrids, are much heavier and damage roads more than petrol or diesel cars.

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