The UK currently only has one major toll road - the M6 Toll in the West Midlands - and drivers also face levies when using certain tunnels and bridges. According to the report, Mr Sunak is "very interested" in the concept of a national road pricing scheme but it is unclear how the charges would be calculated. Currently motorists pay 57.95p in fuel duty for each litre of petrol and diesel they buy - a figure which has been frozen since March 2011. Under Tony Blair, Labour backed and then abandoned the idea of a national road pricing scheme with a petition against the plans reaching 1.8 million signatures. He said: "The Government can't afford to lose £40bn from fuel duty and car tax when the electric revolution arrives.

Source: Daily Mirror November 16, 2020 04:44 UTC