Cabinet refresh is a chance to revisit eVED, says FleetCheck

The unveiling of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Cabinet could provide fleets with the opportunity to revisit recent Government policies, including eVED, according to FleetCheck.

Peter Golding, CEO at FleetCheck, said the ZEV Mandate and eVED are likely to be high on the list of topics most fleets would like to see reconsidered.

He added: “We’ve heard very little so far about transport from the new prime minister but he does keep reiterating themes of being both business friendly and making life easier and less financially stressful for ordinary people.

“Both the ZEV Mandate and eVED would seem to us to fall into these categories.

“They are policies that are expensive and add complication for companies operating cars and vans, and for motorists, too.

“While we understand that fleet is not at the top of the government’s agenda, it would be positive for the sector to be able to open discussions with the appropriate new ministers and their teams in a matter of weeks or months to express our concerns.”

Both the eVED proposition and the ZEV Mandate were ideas that could be said to be products of ‘Treasury orthodoxy’, Golding said, which could create problems in the real world.

He said: “One of the criticisms of the Starmer government was that it too easily succumbed to what is sometimes called ‘Treasury brain’ – ideas that make financial sense for policy makers but not always for the people to whom they are applied.