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Fuel Duty hike would be ‘direct attack on drivers’, top Tory warns – as Labour refuses to rule out rise in petrol tax --[Reported by Umva mag]

LABOUR would be waging a “direct attack on motorists” if they hike Fuel Duty at the Budget, a top Tory has warned. Robert Jenrick yesterday vowed to fight any rise in the petrol tax should he win the Conservative leadership contest. Zuma PressRobert Jenrick has vowed to fight any rise in fuel duty[/caption] GettySir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out an increase at the pumps[/caption] GettyJenrick said ‘people need their cars’[/caption] Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out an increase at the pumps as part of his “painful” series of tax raids coming this autumn. Speaking at a leadership rally yesterday, ex-Cabinet Minister Mr Jenrick threw his weight behind our Keep It Down campaign to freeze fuel duty and extend the 5p cut. He said: “I supported The Sun’s campaign at every Budget that I was involved in, and I would support it again in the future. “Because my Conservative Party is the working people’s party, and not everyone in this country can catch a train or the London Underground. “People need their cars, they need their vans – my dad drove a white van. We need to back those people, and ensure that they can afford the cost of living. “This is another sign of how out of touch Keir Starmer is. It is a direct attack on motorists, we need to stop. We need to fight it as much as we can.” Win a VW Campervan and a Lamborghini Huracan frmo 45p SUN readers can win both a VW Campervan and a Lamborghini Huracan or £140k cash alternative from just 45p with our special discount code this week! We have teamed up with 7days Performance to offer one lucky winner the chance to claim this amazing prize this week. Using the code SUN10, you will get 10% off the normal price. Enter the competition HERE Full terms and conditions can be found here Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. 18+. T&Cs apply. Labour’s Commons Leader Lucy Powell yesterday declined to rule out a Fuel Duty hike. She told LBC: “They are discussions being carried out by the Treasury who will look at how we can do what we said we’d do. “We are going to deliver on the manifesto promises we said, and the Chancellor will have a Budget designed to do that.” She also insisted there would be no u-turn on Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for most pensioners. Ms Powell even claimed “we could have seen a run on the pound” if they had not axed the OAP cold-weather cash because of the size of the black hole. But Tory shadow minister Laura Trott hit back: “After handing billions in inflation-busting pay rises to their union paymasters, no one believes Labour’s chicken little strategy.”

Sep 19, 2024 - 18:10

Fuel Duty hike would be ‘direct attack on drivers’, top Tory warns – as Labour refuses to rule out rise in petrol tax --[Reported by Umva mag]

LABOUR would be waging a “direct attack on motorists” if they hike Fuel Duty at the Budget, a top Tory has warned.

Robert Jenrick yesterday vowed to fight any rise in the petrol tax should he win the Conservative leadership contest.

a man stands behind a podium that says jenrick for leader

Robert Jenrick has vowed to fight any rise in fuel duty[/caption]

a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a flag

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out an increase at the pumps[/caption]

a man is driving a car with a screen that says ' a ' on it

Jenrick said ‘people need their cars’[/caption]

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out an increase at the pumps as part of his “painful” series of tax raids coming this autumn.

Speaking at a leadership rally yesterday, ex-Cabinet Minister Mr Jenrick threw his weight behind our Keep It Down campaign to freeze fuel duty and extend the 5p cut.

He said: “I supported The Sun’s campaign at every Budget that I was involved in, and I would support it again in the future.

“Because my Conservative Party is the working people’s party, and not everyone in this country can catch a train or the London Underground.

“People need their cars, they need their vans – my dad drove a white van. We need to back those people, and ensure that they can afford the cost of living.

“This is another sign of how out of touch Keir Starmer is. It is a direct attack on motorists, we need to stop. We need to fight it as much as we can.”

Win a VW Campervan and a Lamborghini Huracan frmo 45p

SUN readers can win both a VW Campervan and a Lamborghini Huracan or £140k cash alternative from just 45p with our special discount code this week!

We have teamed up with 7days Performance to offer one lucky winner the chance to claim this amazing prize this week.

Using the code SUN10, you will get 10% off the normal price.

Enter the competition HERE

Full terms and conditions can be found here

Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. 18+. T&Cs apply.

Labour’s Commons Leader Lucy Powell yesterday declined to rule out a Fuel Duty hike.

She told LBC: “They are discussions being carried out by the Treasury who will look at how we can do what we said we’d do.

“We are going to deliver on the manifesto promises we said, and the Chancellor will have a Budget designed to do that.”

She also insisted there would be no u-turn on Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for most pensioners.

Ms Powell even claimed “we could have seen a run on the pound” if they had not axed the OAP cold-weather cash because of the size of the black hole.

But Tory shadow minister Laura Trott hit back: “After handing billions in inflation-busting pay rises to their union paymasters, no one believes Labour’s chicken little strategy.”

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