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Queen’s speech reveals plans for driverless cars

Published 18 May 2016
By Sunday Times Driving
You could be cruising up the M6 to visit Granny in a "driverless" car in four years' time. New legislation announced in the Queen's speech ...
George Osborne Budget 2016: What it means for motorists

Budget 2016: What it means for motorists and key points

The nation’s motorists are a soft target for the Treasury but drivers have escaped relatively lightly in today's Budget.
Published 16 March 2016
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News: 290 drivers nabbed in two days as police target...

Drivers on the M5 last week will have been forgiven for thinking the chancellor George Osborne had found some spare change under the Treasury’s...
Published 08 October 2014
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News: Abolition of tax disc angers boy with 12,000...

From next Wednesday the tax disc is no more, but while most people will be rejoicing about no longer having to carefully tear out the flimsy circle...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Revolutionary road ‒ campaigners cheer rolling...

GET YOUR Eye Spy books at the ready: a fleet of lesser-spotted vehicles is about to hit the roads after the government confirmed that any car over...
Published 21 March 2014
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Budget 2014: Osborne freezes fuel duty but raises road...

FUEL DUTY was frozen once again in this year’s budget, as the chancellor confirmed that the increase planned for this September would be scrapped.
Published 19 March 2014