MPs are calling on Chancellor George Osborne to consider a diesel scrappage scheme and introduce a nitrogen oxide-based vehicle excise duty (VED) in his Autumn Statement.
It comes in a report from the Environmental Audit Committee published in response to the Government's draft plans to improve air quality in the UK. The MPs believe a diesel scrappage scheme and including NOx alongside CO2 to determine VED bands will encourage drivers out of the most polluting diesel vehicles.
Autumn Statement 2015: calls for diesel scrappage scheme and tax rethink | Auto Express
It comes in a report from the Environmental Audit Committee published in response to the Government's draft plans to improve air quality in the UK. The MPs believe a diesel scrappage scheme and including NOx alongside CO2 to determine VED bands will encourage drivers out of the most polluting diesel vehicles.
Autumn Statement 2015: calls for diesel scrappage scheme and tax rethink | Auto Express
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