After a busy spring of motoring changes, June keeps the pace up. None of this month's updates is as headline-grabbing as a fuel duty decision, but several will land directly on specific groups of drivers — company car users, van operators and learners in particular. Here's the full picture.
The key June dates at a glance:
- 1 June — new HMRC Advisory Fuel Rates for company cars take effect
- 1 June — heavier electric vans no longer need a first MOT at one year
- 9 June — learners can only move a driving test to nearby centres
1. Higher HMRC fuel rates for company cars (1 June)
HMRC's quarterly Advisory Fuel Rates — the pence-per-mile figures used to reimburse company car drivers for business travel tax-free — rose across almost every band from 1 June, reflecting this year's record pump prices. The rate for the largest petrol and diesel engines climbed by 5p a mile, with petrol over 2000cc going from 22p to 26p and diesel over 2000cc from 18p to 23p. Electric company car rates were held at 7p a mile for home charging and 15p for public charging.
This only matters if you drive a company car; private vehicles are covered by a different scheme. We've broken down all the new petrol, diesel, LPG and electric figures, plus the common AFR-versus-AMAP mix-up, in our dedicated guide: HMRC raises Advisory Fuel Rates from 1 June 2026.
2. An MOT break for heavier electric vans (1 June)
From 1 June, electric vans weighing between 3,501kg and 4,250kg no longer need their first MOT after just one year. Until now these vehicles faced tougher testing requirements than comparable petrol and diesel vans, simply because the weight of their batteries pushes them into a heavier category. The Department for Transport says aligning the rules could cut testing costs and downtime by up to 60% for affected operators, and the move has been welcomed by the vehicle rental and leasing industry as a way to make the switch to electric vans easier for fleets.
Alongside this, the DVSA has amended the rules for HGV and trailer "ministry plates" — the plating certificates that set out a heavy vehicle's weight limits — to keep them consistent with the MOT change. For ordinary car and small-van drivers, nothing changes here; this one is squarely aimed at heavier electric vans and the businesses that run them.
3. New limit on moving a driving test (9 June)
The DVSA's drive to tackle the driving test backlog continues. From 9 June, when a learner needs to change the location of a booked test, they can only move it to one of the three nearest test centres to where it's currently booked, or back to the centre they first chose. This follows an earlier change that cut the number of permitted booking amendments from six down to two.
If you already have a test booked, the new rule applies to wherever your test is sitting on 9 June, not the centre you originally picked. It's part of a wider package of test-booking reforms rolling out through 2026 — we covered the full set, including the crackdown on bots reselling test slots, in how the driving test booking rules are changing in 2026.
4. A DVLA medical service overhaul
Less of a hard rule change and more of a behind-the-scenes shake-up: the DVLA is overhauling its Drivers Medical service, which handles cases where a medical condition needs to be reported. The agency is expecting more than 900,000 medical notifications this financial year and has formed a dedicated team with an external partner to improve how the service runs across policy, technology and customer experience. Drivers who need to notify the DVLA of a medical condition should, over time, see a smoother process.
Who's actually affected? For most everyday private motorists, none of June's changes alters what you pay or how you drive day to day. The updates target specific groups: company car drivers and grey-fleet claimants (the fuel and mileage rates), van operators and fleets (the electric van MOT change), learners (the test relocation limit), and drivers with a notifiable medical condition (the DVLA service).
The practical takeaway: If you drive a regular petrol or diesel car, the thing still moving your costs most isn't a June rule change — it's the pump price, which remains near multi-year highs. The reimbursement rates above exist precisely because fuel is expensive right now. Whether or not any of these changes apply to you, checking prices before you fill up is the saving that's always within reach.
Looking further ahead, the bigger date in the diary is 1 September, when the 5p fuel duty cut is currently set to expire. We've explained what that could mean for pump prices in the 1 September fuel duty cliff edge.