Former Top Gear host 'staggered' after Jeremy Hunt does not cut VAT rate for EV charging

The journalist and electric vehicle campaigner Quentin Willson has said he is “staggered” after the Government did not cut VAT for EV charging in the budget.

He explained: "FairCharge is staggered that the Chancellor is prepared to spend £5billion on a fuel duty freeze and continuation of the 5p cut, yet won’t spend 125th of that - circa £40million - on cutting the VAT on public EV charging.

“Why wouldn’t you support a drive for cleaner air in our towns and cities? Might it have something to do with an election, we wonder.”