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Thursday, 23 November 2017

The Telegraph

• Uber scandal: Britain’s spy chiefs begin investigating cover-up of data hack of 57 million customers
• Nearly three million diesel car drivers hit by new 'green' taxes 

Times Online

• Budget 2017: Relief greets fuel duty freeze [subscription]Fuel duty was frozen for the eighth year in a row yesterday as the Treasury claimed that it had saved the average motorist £850.
• Budget 2017: Legal pothole in roadmap for driverless cars [Subscription]Philip Hammond was understood to be considering a publicity stunt in advance of his budget statement in parliament yesterday that would have involved the chancellor reclining in a driverless car.
• Budget 2017: Electric car fund to spark increase in chargers [Subscription]The government committed to an expansion of electric cars yesterday with more roadside chargers, grants to act as incentives for purchases and tax breaks for company car drivers.

City AM

• Autumn Budget: Crackdown on diesel as drivers face higher taxesDiesel drivers are facing higher taxes under a scheme set out by Philip Hammond in the chancellor's Autumn Budget today.
• Autumn Budget 2017: Fuel duty frozen again to chagrin of green campaignersThe chancellor announced yet another freeze on fuel duty today, keeping the tax the same for the longest period for 40 years.
• UK car production picks up in October but forecasts are lowered as domestic demand stuttersFewer vehicles are set to roll off production lines at Britain's car plants this year, according to a fresh independent forecast.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Motorists get busy sending cops dashcam film of dodgy drivers North Wales Police say they are keen to hear from anyone who has dashcam footage that could help make the roads safer

Manchester Evening News

• Motorists can expect closures on the M60 EVERY NIGHT until December Smart motorway works to cause a series of closures this month

The York Press

• £5m funding secured for upgrade of York's Scarborough Bridge A FUNDING package totalling almost £5 million has been approved to upgrade a footbridge used by thousands of pedestrians and cyclists everyday.