Cut fuel duty by at least 5p to help Brits beat price hikes, MPs urge Rishi Sunak
Filling an average 55-litre tank family car at motorway services hit £100 at the weekend.
Drivers are sacrificing seeing friends and family, going shopping or medical appointments, say campaigners FairFuelUK.campaign. Urging the Chancellor to follow Ireland’s 17p-a-litre cut and France’s 12p in April, the campaign group’s founder Howard Cox said: “Dear multi-millionaire Chancellor, stop sitting on your myopic belief that the cost of living crisis will solve itself.MR Sunak raised hopes the poorest people may avoid the National Insurance tax rise, as he stated it was his mission to cut taxes for everyone as soon as he could.
Yesterday Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour wouldn’t block the move but warned: “Even a 5p reduction will only reduce filling up with petrol by £2.
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