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We raised the potential impacts of changes to taxes, to address the reduction in revenue...

Conclusion
We raised the potential impacts of changes to taxes, to address the reduction in revenue from fuel duty, on small and medium-sized businesses, on different regions and on the levelling-up agenda. HM Treasury said decisions on taxes, such as fuel duty, include consideration of distributional impacts and the impacts on the competitiveness of the economy. It also said that, in their Budget speeches, Chancellors have covered the impact of changes to fuel duty on incomes and on small businesses.31 Environmental tax measures and the Budget
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government Not Addressed
2.3 The interim Net Zero Review report in December 2020 highlighted that structural changes in the economy related to net zero will have fiscal implications. Much of the revenue from fossil fuel-based taxes is likely to be eroded during the transition to a net zero economy, the most significant of which are motoring taxes such as fuel duty. As set out by the Prime Minister in the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, whilst the UK moves forward with the transition away from petrol and diesel cars and vans, the government will need to ensure that revenue from motoring taxes keeps pace with this change, so that the government 18 can continue to fund the first-class public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. The government will ensure it plans for sufficiently early and broad consultation with different parts of society.
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Timeline
Recommendation age 5.1 yrs
Report published 28 Apr 2021