On Tuesday, 22nd October, at 2pm, Conservative MPs, led by Saqib Bhatti MBE, will deliver a 130,000 signature petition with Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK, to Number 10 Downing Street.
The Downing Street Petition asks the Chancellor and Prime Minister to: “Don’t Hike Fuel Duty” in the October 30th Budget.
Over 70 Tory MPs have sent a letter to Rachel Reeves calling for the freeze on Fuel Duty to continue.
The letter can be viewed at https://fairfueluk.com/MPs-LettertoChancellor.pdf.
In addition, in just 30 hours, over 5,000 (and counting) FairFuelUK supporters have each emailed the Chancellor and the Ministers for Business, Energy, and Transport, calling for a cut in Fuel Duty.
Details can be viewed at https://fairfueluk.eaction.org.uk/Budget-Ministers.
Earlier last week, 55 Tory MPs, 2 Lib Dem MPs, but only 1 Labour MP attended the FairFuelUK walk-in reception in Parliament. Over 20,000 constituents had politely asked for their MP to participate in this event. The total disrespect for their constituents by ignoring their requests is shameful.
The Tory MPs and even the Lib Dems who attended openly declared they supported either a cut or, at the very least, a freeze in Fuel Duty. The Labour MP who did attend refused to comment but made a passing reference that his party colleagues had been whipped not to attend. This clearly indicates that Labour does not support motorists in their constituencies and will deliver a painful anti-driver Budget on Oct 30.
Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK, says: “Along with the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance and an inevitable National Insurance increase on employers, a hike in fuel duty will be economic and political suicide.
"In opposition, Labour always supported a continuing freeze on Fuel Duty. Now in Government, they see UK drivers as an easy cash cow to pay for their virtue signalling Net Zero fantasy.
"According to the Cebr, the long-term impact of increasing fuel duty now could lead to a staggering tax revenue collapse of more than 60% within five years and a fall in GDP. And in our recent opinion poll of over 80,000, 91.2% do not want fuel duty to be increased.
"We are delivering a 130,000 signatures petition calling the Chancellor to maintain a freeze in duty to No ten at 2 pm on Tuesday.”
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