Labour has accused the government of using yesterday's strikes to bury bad news.
John Woodcock MP claims that the Department for Transport used the walkouts to "slip out" a U-turn on creating a national network of charging points for electric cars.
While the coalition agreement commits the government to creating a nationwide network of charging points for electric and hybrid cars, a document published yesterday claims a comprehensive programme may be "uneconomic".
The shadow transport minister said it was "astonishing" that the information was put on the department's website without an oral or written ministerial statement, or press release.
Woodcock has now filed a Freedom of Information request for all internal correspondence and documents relating to the policy.
He said: "People will be highly suspicious about the way ministers have quietly slipped out this broken promise to help drivers switch from the combustion engine to electric vehicles.
"Sticking a major retreat on a website when everyone is focussing on the strikes is not on - ministers need to come clean about whether they or their political advisers influenced this attempt to bury bad news."
A government source responded that it is not usual practice to produce a written ministerial statement for command papers.
They added that a press release about the change was published yesterday morning and provided evidence that attempts were made to generate press interest around the announcement on recharging infrastructure.
"It is no surprise that Labour are up to their dirty tricks again," they said.
"They haven't even got their facts right."
Labour sources maintain that the "bottom line remains".
"The department must publish internal documents to discover if there was a deliberate attempt to bury a change in policy."
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