Election issues: Fuel Duty

Nothing to do with the EU, but candidates have had messages asking where we stand on fuel duty and to be fair it is a very important issue. Here is the Conservative position

Fuel Duty
 
·         Labour’s great recession left Britain with the biggest budget deficit in its peacetime history. Because of the difficult decisions this Government has taken we have been able to reduce the deficit by more than a third and offer support to those who need it most. That is why the UK government has taken action on fuel duty, cancelling Labour’s planned fuel duty rises. Meaning that hardworking families have more money to spend on the things they need, helping them meet their financial obligations.

·       We are freezing fuel duty in every year of this parliament. Fuel duty is now 13p per litre lower than it would have been without our action meaning that the average family saves £7 every time they fill up their tank, taking pressure off household budgets.

·      Treasury analysis shows that Conservative action to freeze fuel duty will grow the economy by 0.5 per cent of GDP over coming years. That means a stronger, more independent Britain, better able to pay its way in the world.

·        A key part of our long term economic plan to secure Britain’s future is cutting taxes and freezing fuel duty, to help hardworking people be more financially secure. This has meant the longest duty freeze in over 20 years, putting more money in people’s pockets, helping them be more financially secure and able to provide for their families.

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Jim said…
Fuel duty may be 13p per litre cheaper than that it would have been under the last governments plans.

However that does not change the fact that the UK has the highest diesel duty in the EU and the second highest petrol duty (only the netherlands is higher)

Fuel duty affects everyone, not just drivers. How do you think the food you buy gets to the supermarket? So instead of constantly bleating about how its frozen and how much it would have cost had an unelectable government been elected, why not just do the sensible thing, and CUT IT. It wont damage deficit reduction, in fact it will help with deficit reduction, as has been shown.
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