Robert Forrester, boss at Vertu Motors, says the Chancellor's EV tax raid will be a hammer blow to demand and force brands to restrict the number of petrol cars they bring into the country.
Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy is cutting another 100 North Sea jobs in the North Sea after the Chancellor refused to axe the windfall tax in the Budget.
Keir Starmer insisted the Chancellor did not mislead the public in the run up to the Budget, adding that at one point he too had thought they would need to breach election pledges to hike taxes.
We shouldn't be surprised by the Chancellor's tax on electric cars - this Government has been deploying a 'giveth with one hand and taketh with the other' approach to EVs for 18 months.
The Chancellor will receive a report tomorrow on the 'serious' error that saw the Office for Budget Responsibility publish its crucial verdict on the Budget before giving her speech on Wednesday.