A pay-per-mile taxation for electric vehicles will be introduced in three years' time, the Government Autumn Budget will announce.

A leaked Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) document confirmed the new mileage tax on electric vehicles (EVs) ahead of the budget being announced this afternoon.

The OBR forecast report states: "Other tax changes raise £11 billion by 2029-30.

"These include a new mileage-based charge on electric and plug-in hybrid cars from April 2028 at around half the fuel duty rate paid by drivers of petrol cars (raising £1.4bn)."

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EV drivers will be charged 3p for every mile they cover annually from 2028 in an effort to plug an imminent fiscal black hole.

This comes in addition to the current vehicle excise duty (VED) charges paid by all vehicles, which

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