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Fuel Duty Response to the Budget with supporting comments from 5 Conservative MPs and the Deputy Chair of the Cebr. Former Transport and Cabinet Minister, Chris Grayling says, “We must remain on the side of the motorist.” Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK, Secretary for the APPG for Fair Fuel: “It would be churlish, not to thank the Chancellor and the Prime Minister for maintaining the freeze in Fuel Duty for a 10th successive year. It has been a tortuous campaigning journey convincing the Treasury year after year that this fiscal policy has positively benefitted the economy. (Click Here for theRead Whole Article

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MPs and Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK respond to yet another leaked predictable rumour that Fuel Duty is to rise in the Budget to pay off the Covid Bill. Despite UK drivers still being the highest taxed in the world (https://fairfueluk.com/Fuel-Tax-EU.png) for average petrol and diesel tax takes, the Chancellor is bullying his Tory MPs to support a rise in Fuel Duty in the Budget. He knows the 10 years duty freeze has reduced the CPI by 6.7% and raised household real incomes, especially those of poorest households, by £24bn. It would be a massive political folly to listen toRead Whole Article

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Before every Budget, the Treasury leaks the prospect of a hike in fuel duty, and well-paid experts debate its merits. It is never easy to alter the Treasury’s innate instinct to put up taxes, but common sense has prevailed due to years of objective campaigning and lobbying backbench MPs hard. As the Guardian’s Gaby Hinsliff once reported, ‘it’s been one of the most successful lobbying campaigns in modern political history, successfully diverting billions from the treasury with barely a squeak.’  This time, the stage is different. It will be extremely hard for us at FairFuelUK to convince a nation crippledRead Whole Article

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FairFuelUK, backed by the RHA and Logistics UK (FTA) will fight tooth and nail against the rumoured plans to raise fuel duty on already, one of the highest taxed group of drivers in the world. (See European fuel tax table below) Robert Halfon MP, talking directly to Rishi Sunak, said “Don’t let the taxpayer millions that funded half-price meals in August, be partly paid for, using an unnecessary hike in fuel duty. Such a needless rise in this levy will impact badly on the cost of living for families, increase inflation, hit businesses and jobs hard. It will even swellRead Whole Article

Fuel Supply Chain Rip-Off

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Updated May 14th Whilst the UK is in anguish and economic decline due to the unforeseen COVID19 tragedy, the Government has reacted laudably with various financial means to help businesses, employers, and employees. Yet the unchecked big oil brands and their fuel supply chain wholesalers have deliberately profiteered during the crisis. The evidence is incriminatory but ignored by the CMA and the Government too. The magnitude of the profiteering is on a scale that commands independent investigation. Here are the facts: In the 3 months between December 2019 to February 2020 average pump prices against average wholesale prices including allRead Whole Article

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With Budget 2020 upon us on March 11, it’s clear the Fledgling Chancellor has his hands full with the financial hit caused by Corona Virus and the macho oil supply spat between Russia and Saudi Arabia. He has to be cognisant that this week’s oil price crash is not benefitting drivers as yet. On the day oil fell 35% since March 3, and wholesale fuel prices dropped by 7 to 8 pence bizarrely average pump prices went up between 0.4p and 0.9p per litre. An even more shockingly, when oil was at this sterling level in March 2016, pump prices wereRead Whole Article