Millions of drivers will be hit with new pay-per-mile car tax fees as Rachel Reeves prepares to confirm the move in her Autumn Budget . The Chancellor will announce that electric car owners will be hit with a 3p per-mile charge from 2028 in a major overhaul.

The move means motorists will be charged for every journey they make, as much as £12 to travel between London and Edinburgh. The move aims to offset lost revenue generated by fuel duty, which is paid by every petrol and diesel owner at the pumps. In the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report released early and ahead of the Budget , experts said the fee would be around "half the fuel duty rate paid by drivers of petrol cars", with the scheme to raise around £1.4billion.

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