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Monday, 31 July 2017

Financial Times

• Brexit triggers a great car parts raceEU exit will damage competitiveness if carmakers cannot source more components at home

The Guardian

• British motorists 'face 10% rise in car repair bills after hard Brexit'Car industry is latest trade group to issue warning, saying WTO tariffs and customs checks will ramp up maintenance costs British motorists face a 10% rise in the cost of their annual car service and repair bills if the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal, an industry body has warned.The UK’s collective car repair bill could rise by more than £2bn due to tariffs and other barriers arising from a hard Brexit, according to a report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which assumes the UK is forced to fall back on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. Continue re...

Times Online

• BP and Shell face huge challenge from switch to electric cars Subscription]Oil investors are getting worried. Electric cars have accelerated on to the front pages. Sales are surging, carmakers are unveiling plans for all-electric models and this week Britain vowed to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040.

Birmingham Mail

• Why driving at 31mph could add HUNDREDS to car insurance billsDrivers are being warned that, when it comes to speeding, points mean higher insurance premiums too

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• MP backs traders in row over 'damaging' car parking chargesANGRY city-centre traders have held a meeting to campaign against new parking charges on Sundays.

North Wales Live

• Workers will walk across new Mersey Gateway bridge within daysMassive new bridge and roads will link Runcorn and Widnes