Andrew Goodwin: Financial advice in the age of bewilderment

My other half and I moved into a flat last autumn. On-site parking is at a premium, so one of our cars has to spend its time on the street.  We would have to fork out £690 a year for that privilege for our petrol model. For our hybrid, rather more agreeably, the annual cost is just £37.  This struck us as only right. It was part of the broader incentive for buying a more environmentally friendly vehicle in the first instance. Go green and ye shall be rewarded, right?  Well, maybe not. Thanks to the wonders of the Budget, we now face the prospect of coughing up 1.5p per mile for usi...