RAC calls on retailers to cut the fuel price by 6p per litre
The RAC is today issuing an urgent appeal to the UK’s biggest fuel retailers to do the right thing and cut fuel prices at the pumps to reflect a steady drop in wholesale costs, which began at the start of July and accelerated sharply last week. With retailers having been found by the Competition and […]
Fuel campaigners fear budget duty hike
The campaign group FairFuelUK says it fears drivers will be “hit hard” in the forthcoming budget, after Prime Minister Kier Starmer did not mention fuel duty in his warnings over a tough budget to come. In the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday, he repeated that there would be no increase in income tax, VAT, or national […]
Newspaper calls for debate on road user charging
The Daily Telegraph has published an opinion piece calling for a debate over road pricing to plug the projected funding gap in fuel duty as more people switch to electric vehicles and internal combustion engines become more efficient. In an article linked to the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, the newspaper argues that […]
OBR report suggests 23% fuel duty rise
Although it wasn’t mentioned in the Chancellor’s Commons speech today, analysis of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report into the autumn station suggests fuel duty could rise sharply next March. On page 57 or the 68-page document, the OBR report‘s “risks and uncertainties” section mentions the rise. The document says: “The planned 23 per cent […]
Road pricing is ‘fairer and more popular than fuel duty – and inevitable’, says Social Market Foundation
Charging motorists a levy based on the miles they drive would be fairer and more popular than the current fuel duty regime and could even help address the cost of living crisis, new research presented in Parliament today shows. In a report endorsed by Lord George Young, a former transport secretary, the Social Market Foundation […]
5p cut in fuel duty represents three times the current active travel spend, says new report
A 5p cut in fuel duty represents three times the current spending on active travel in the UK, according to a new report, which suggests that the financial relief would be better invested in active travel. The ‘Spending £2.4bn Better’ technical report concludes that the fuel duty cut – applied by the government in response to […]
