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Gas is a dirty fuel, at least compared to renewable electricity which is thankfully increasingly a larger if not biggest part of our energy consumption. Their is excise duty of gas, think it is about 23p per kg, but gas used for heating is currently exempt from this excise tax. Also, even despite the Russian military action against Ukraine, is still very cheap compared to electricity. I pay 5.71p per jwh for my gas and even my quite cheap night time electricity GO rate is 8.5p per kwh gas is still significantly cheaper and perhaps both the excise duty exception for gas for heating needs phasing out as well as incremental increase on vat for gas should be introduced. To have carrot as well as stick even more incentives for heat pumps. Heat Pumps are magical and can even reverse climate change compared to gas use which is pushing us ever closing to all those bad climate change out comings. Hope the Chancellor does these measures both to affect public choices, help energy transition and raise more revenue for the services we need.

Not 20%, start eith raising just by just 1% and then 1% more each year to nudge people in to moving to heat pumps. Winter fuel allowance should increase accordingly.

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It's creation in 1948 by Labour government was a phenomenal event. What the nurses and doctors did during covid was also immense, it must be that hundreds lost their lives performing their duties caught covid and died. NHS needs to be rebiult after 14 years of conservative bad management abd solving the pay issue after the staff gave been so devalued. There are big structural issues but compared to so many countries that require private health care the UK is better off them some but we should be aiming to be where tge vest of other European countries are but that is going to cost and take some years to get there. Roads have similar issues ie big under investment but tjere have been some notable big improvements. The A14 Huntington upgrade improved my journey time to Cambridge and Felixstowe by over quarter of an hour. Too much population in the SE of England abd not enough biulding of towns etc in the Midlands. As with NHS it is going to takes years if not decades to go from good in places to good all over.

I hope that is not true for most Labour MPs. It is very difficult to keep grounded if one is a high flying lawyer with a charge out rate in the thousands per day and then dealing with affairs of state national and international dealing with billions of pounds and vagaries of dealing with Trump etc makes the whole thing surreal. Hard to stay grounded in such rarified circumstances. Hope new Deputy leader and recent bielections like Caerphilly do keep their feet on the ground.

I have always worked and paid taxes due. Con party introduced salary sacrifice and encouraged companies and individuals to do so. It massively gives governments a massive market for the Gilts the need to sell to provide benefits like your state pension and disability benefits etc. My company only adopted salary sacrifice about ten years ago or so. Before than I raised millions in tax assessments from those who were not paying their taxes and in other jobs, pwc and tax software, tje aim is always to be legally tax compliant eleven when using bonded warehouses, inward processing relief etc, all EU and now UK tax suspension schemes which promote uk jobs. My conscious is clear and I have never sponged off the system but happy to help those less fortunate physically or less blessed with smarts. Life deals one a hand and one can be lucky or unlucky and one plays ones hand the best one can for oneself, ones loved ones and the society one lives in.

To pay tax is a privilege knowing one is still paying in and helping maintain the fabric of society.

Putting the vat off electricity supply and putting it on gas might give heag pumps a bit of a boost. The technology is changing by the month and the need for large water tanks and legionnaire cycles seems to be sorted now. Surprised a immersion element is not standard as to whack that on during the very cheap nighttime period sounds obvious to me. Lots of so called heating engineers just get it very wrong it seems ie radiator sizes, pipe bore sizes. Brother has a heat pump house, no gas in his little cambirdeshire village. Not perfect and install an the setup not perfect. Has a seperate room for all the gubbins which it sounds like today would not be all needed.

Were hoping for 0% on home electricity, maybe 5% for public charger VAT and perhaps VAT on gas to go to 20% or perhaps an intermediate figure like 8% or 10% or 12.5 % or 15% or 17.5%, all figures that have been used for VAT in the past in the UK.

Happy to pay a fair share and am proud to be British with a Free at point of need NHS, a not too bad road network and numerous other niceties living in the UK. The two NI cuts the Conservatives made last year were so wrong giving most money to the already well off. Not even sure that the new EV grants are even really needed. £1500 off would not have been make or break getting the Renault 5 to me or most others I suspect. Wonder how the Heat Pump grant is being taken up as that is much bigger by comparison at £7500. We have reached the stage where EVs sell themselves on a running cost basis. The future taxation of UK vehicles is uncertain but me and other EV users, I suspect and have heard in a few cases, have no issue as paying the standard chunk of road tax like everyone else. Our reason for having EVs is the very cheap cost per mile, home charging advantage accepted, low servicing costs as well our own wish to be green in not consuming fuel to drive or in servicing procedures. We will always consider all the options available and one T Rex in the room is that less and less people will actually buy, own cars but we will, I believe, increasingly use taxis, hire cars etc. My acquisition of a car for myself next week ie the R5, and the Scenic last year, may well be the last cars I actually obtain for myself to sit on the drive 99% of the time and only be used very occasionally now and then. Not very far away, I think, from a car that self drives itself from the hire company. Love "I robot", a worry this could be the future.......

I was reading some of this guesswork and it is hypothesised that it will include those hybrids with significant EV range. Presumably those newer ones that can do over 100 kms on lecky as they would get whacked too, presumably as a percentage they would be reckoned to run on lecky rather than that excise duty ICE power.

Only 13 cm ie 5 inches shorter than an R5 but massively less capable. Applaud use of LFP batteries, thought it might be at least 30 kwh to be signicantly better than the Spring which can be had for about £11k. Spring is dye to come out soon with about a 100 hp motor. Needs to get better wheels and tyres D already feels skitty. ICE Twingo was a real hoot. Turning circle like a London Cab and more power than the electric Twingo. Twingo etech needs more battery, more power etc sk hope there will be a hot version. I recall Renault paired with Smart was it, using their relationship abd part ownership of Mercedes to do a hot 120 hp version. We need that as well as a better base model I reckon.

But also how much more, ie spend just a couple of thousabd more, or few thousand more and get something a whole quantum better. If the Twingo is £19k but you can get a 40 kwh Renault 5 for £21k, or a 52 kwh R5 for £23k or a Megane e for £26k tgen tge Twingo looks not so good a bargain. Then there is the Leapmotor T3 and soon to be updated Spring. I want to see the Twingo do well but I think Renault may not have got it right. Selling A segment cars is the hardest of all segments for Europeans.

Twingo to be only 27 kwh battery, air cooled like my Zoe and LFP battery tech. Hmm.

No details how this could work. Torygraph speculation without substance as usual.

I tried all sorts but they were steadfast. I got discount which Renault have instructed not to give on the R5 as hey are in such demand. Tried to say I will have the Pop Green with the damaged rear bumper and the local dealer can fix but no joy. There is a claim against the shipping company presumably, thankful not us as we move about 4m finished cars a year but don't do this little run from Dieppe to Portbury Bristol. Same seats in terms of build as the Techno and Iconic but a simply two tune dark rather than the yellowy seats. I, and my son, would only get chocolate or similar on the seats so safer bet with dark than the yellow. No in-built Google maps etc so just auto-link to Android Auto. Frankly have both the phone Google and the car Google running at the same time is a pain as switch from one to another, as I do in the Scenic, and it wipes the journey in the other system. Each system has their advantages. In theory the car google estimates battery SOC at arrival but it is so over estimating on power use it is worse than useless. Should be able to precondition battery but again never had that work properly and generally I think it is just a waste of energy unless you are in very cold climates and need to charge early in the journey which should be between rare and never for me with the R5. Came across this video which is so funny and harps back to the early noughties Ali G video with the body kitted original R5. Promoting Reggie Land rather than the Renault 5. Has to be yellow, no matter what the cost and should get in back as will probably keep the R5 for the next decade or two. Renault's natural colour is yellow like Skoda is green IMO.

I have to change my Renault 5 to Yellow as the pop green i was due to get was found be damaged at the import centre. Did not want to have the yellow which attracts an £800 premium but that was only choice to get about sams time as Zie going back. Picking up next Wednesday and Zie going back to Renault on the Thursday. 15 hp less than the Zoe but torque per kilowatt similar so acceleration similar. Bit less range than the Zoe. Two thirds of the price the Zoe was 4 years ago. No Google inbuilt on the Evolution model i am getting so will use Andoid auto. No Reno assist I expect which reminds of that annoying paperclip figure with MS Windows No rear camera, just beep beep. Looking for aftermarket arm rest but have order after market cup holders. No stupid 5 bar charge indicator on the bonnet either. Still gets the 10 inch infotainment screen. Looking forward to trying it on the twisties with its multilink suspension. Twinge launch very soon but RHD versions sound like a good year away !

Be hard to be worse reputation than the original ICE Frontera. Not sure where you got the 0-62 time for my Scenic. 8.6s claimed but two measurements average out as 9.1 s to 100 kph so about 8.8 to 60 mph https://zeperfs.com/en/fiche12689-renault-scenic-v-e-tech-ev60.htm I thought it looked quite roomy in the back for a C segment car. This is the strong point of EV Frontera, Citroen C3 e etc and poor acceleration and poor high speed energy use is part of the package but to some people 12s 0-100 kph i s fine for them but I suspect when fully loaded it will be poor and even struggle up hills but for relatively small money, also Vauxhall were throwing in £500 charging as part of the package so incredible cheap running cost. Picking up Renault 5, Pop Yellow sadly instead of the Pop Green I preferred but hey ho. Even with "only" 120 hp it still does 0-60 in 9 second, handles well with multi link suspension on the rear. Just not great for giants in the back but that is what the Scenic is for.

I had considered the Renault 4 but found it still small in the back seats, if I ever get demoted to there, probably had a drink or two so a trade off but the Frontier looks a better buy than the R4 and stunning value. The EV is £2K less than the ICE- Hybrid version I gather. Not usually a Stellantis fan but the 308 EV I had in Lisbon was quite nice and this Frontera does look very useful and very good value, as a second car for me (but probably going ahead with the R5 today). I imagine its motorway economy in the EV version is going to be pretty bad and similar to the Citroen C3 e and other members of the family and in those cases where motorway is oft used or the Frontera was the only car one had then the hybrid option would seem a logical choice. Tiny hybrid battery like my Arkana was ie sub 1 kwh but still helps mpg round town. No speed demon but a useful all rounded in EV or hybrid form for relatively not a lot on money ?

Helps, the EV familiarity and Engineering qualifications and experience. Not sure what is meant by the hacking it, please explain ? Going to watch the Liverpool v Villa game now and got to be up early to pop off and getting wedding suit sorted so enough banter for now...

And with EV Salary sacrifice, as with pension Salary Sacrifice, one can get ones Gross Pay under 100k or even £50k, and avoid those higher rates of tax and loss of tax free allowance. Play the governments tax game and its win win ! Tax planning is for everyone, Duke of Westminster, well one of them, said that. Head screwed on, not up ones ass, means a more comfortable life for us and our families as well as being a good citizen and being in harmony with what previous and current government want us to do to be in tune.

Also follow government policy, last shower and this one, and take advantage of the tax incentives that they and many governtments offer to accelerate the transition from ICE to EV !

My cars are not killing people, ICE cars are. Might be only a few tens of thousands of shortened lives in the uk but it is millions throughout the world India and other large Asian etc cities. My cars just hum along, playing their Jean Michelle Jarre low speed warning, no tail pipe emissions with NOX triggering asthma attacks. Every time someone in an ICE car turns the ignition key, pushes the power button it it is another little nail in our future on forwarding the climate crisis which our children and grandchildren will inherit. They will not thank us.

Only a few years on boats, if you should call a 100,000 tonne bulk carrier a boat. Apart from Department of Transport and HMCE for a decade was then head hunted by pwc, the world lagest Accountancy and Consultancy firm. Then UK largest customs software firm and now one of the top 3, depends how you measure it, international logistics firms. It is great though to do diverse work and be rewarded with a six figured salary after all the study and experience.

I love petrol cars, even diesel ones but they are killing huge numbers of people and fuelling climate change. I chose to be an Engineering Officer in the Merchant Navy, worked on 20,000 hp main propulsion diesel engines as well as 1000 hp disel generators. Studied thermodynamic in my Engineering cadetship as well as at honours degree level. But the Internal combustion engine has had its day, or even century, and decades, at that was a few years ago now and time to move on and try and save the world else hurricanes like Malissa will just get worse and worse. I hope COP 30 will see a leap forward. Now Ethopia has there new hydroelectric dam they have sensible stopped importing of most ICE cars. Citizens should buy EVs and use the abundant and cheap electricity. STOP BURNING STUFF !!!