Cameron promises to tackle fuel duty rises PRIME MINISTER David
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Cameron said the government will look to scrap any further fuel duty increases for the length of the current parliament.
On the local election campaign trial in Derbyshire earlier this week, Cameron said he wanted to keep going with moves to block rises in fuel duty.
"We have cancelled and delayed almost all of these fuel duty increases. We will keep going to try and keep those fuel duty increases off, recognising that it is the big bills that people really care about and want help with," the Daily Telegraph reported. While no official policy commitment was available from the Treasury as CM went to press, the report's veracity was not challenged by a spokeswoman for the department. Quentin Willson, FairFuelUK (I,I,UK) national spokesman, said: "Such a clear statement from the prime minister on the seriousness of fuel duty to the UK economy shows that our campaign has reached inside Number 10."
1,I,UK founder Peter Carroll, said: "The government has done much to control rising fuel prices, but there's still much more to be done. Cancelling Labour's string of fuel duty 'time bombs' has been great progress, but it isn't enough. The evidence we have presented to the Treasury is clear that to create jobs, stimulate growth and reduce the pressures on inflation we need to actually cut duty substantially." Liam Quinn, owner of Yorkbased Quinns Transport, agreed: "Fuel prices [have] fallen in recent weeks and this means people will start going out again. But the economy is going downhill We need to bring fuel duty down to a level where the rest of Europe is coming into [the UK] and filling up."
The announcement, while unexpected, is consistent with the government's engagement with the issue. Earlier this month, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, sent a letter to 1,I,UK inviting the campaign group in for further talks on fuel duty.