Howard Cox, founder of pressure group FairFuelUK, has vehemently repeated his call for the new Labour Government to ensure Fuel Duty is not increased in the Autumn Budget.

Cox has also reiterated his stance that FairFuelUK’s PumpWatch must also gain legislative teeth to stop “opportunistic unchecked pump pricing in the fuel supply chain.”

“Drivers continue to be ripped off at the pumps,” Cox says, “and yet another Government allows greedy fuel supply businesses to get away with dishonest pricing. Diesel, in particular, is subject to targeted higher unchecked profit-taking. Petrol and diesel wholesale prices are virtually the same today at £1.21 per litre, but retail diesel averages 5p more at £1.49 per litre.

“When are our clueless elected national politicians to wake up to the UK’s 37 million drivers and our struggling economy needlessly being hit with some of the highest pump prices in the world? Cut Fuel Duty and make PumpWatch work for consumers, and small businesses in order to boost the economy. Is anyone in the economically out-of-touch anti-motorist Government listening?”