Cars

If you buy a new diesel car from 1 April next year, you'll pay up to £500 more road tax in your first year of owning the vehicle.

Drivers of the most polluting cars in central London will have to shell out an extra £10 a day on top of the congestion charge from today (Monday 23 October).

Car damage from potholes has soared to record levels, new research shows.

Motorists caught driving well over the speed limit will be slapped with fines of up to 175% of their weekly income once new sentencing guidelines are rolled out next week.

Owners of the most polluting cars will have to shell out up to £24 a day to drive in central London from 2019, under plans unveiled by Mayor Sadiq Khan. The Government's also drawing up plans to clamp down on high-polluting cars in other UK cities, though these are at an early stage - here's what we know so far.

Owners of new cars face shelling out more in tax once revised vehicle excise duty (VED) bands are introduced tomorrow (1 April). Here's what to expect if you're considering purchasing a new motor.

If you're planning to drive to France and go through Paris, Lille, Lyon or Grenoble, beware. New rules mean you're likely to need to display a vehicle emissions sticker on your windscreen, while older cars could be banned altogether at certain times.

Drivers of older and more polluting cars entering central London will have to pay a daily £10 emissions surcharge from 23 October 2017, on top of the existing £11.50 congestion charge.

Drivers have been warned not to wait until their MOT to find out if their car needs attention after a Government road casualty report showed 1,830 accidents last year were linked to vehicles being unroadworthy.

Drivers left fuming after buying a Volkswagen diesel car that pumped out more pollution than advertised could pocket £1,000s in compensation by joining a 'class action' that may end up costing the motoring giant billions.