FTA chief executive David Wells has written to chancellor George Osborne asking him to cut fuel duty ahead of the emergency budget this Wednesday (8 July).
Following the Conservative victory in the May general election, giving the party its first majority government since 1997, Osborne will set out the new government’s policies on 8 July.
Wells said: “The prime minister and the chancellor both continue to emphasise that the government’s primary objective is to protect the UK economy. We believe that reducing fuel duty would make a huge contribution to this objective and we urge him to announce a cut in his budget.”
Lobby group FairFuelUK held a reception at the House of Commons last week calling on MPs to cut fuel duty with campaigner Quentin Willson tweeting that it had the support of 70 MPs.
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