Walker Urges UK to Ditch Fuel Duty Hike Amid Soaring Prices

On April 3rd, Lord Walker, Kear Starmer's cost of living champion and Iceland's supermarket boss is pushing the government hard to ditch a planned fuel.

Duty hike set for September. With the Iran War driving up oil prices, UK drivers are filling the squeeze at the pumps like never before.

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011 and they slashed it by 5 pence per liter in 2022 after rushes move into Ukraine.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to roll that cut back gradually from September this year through March 2027, but now, Middle East.

Tensions are making that look like a bad call. Diesel's averaging 105.2 pence per liter, a 30% jump since the Iran conflict kicked off on February.

28th, per rack data, petrol's at 154.5 pence, up 16% in the same stretch, hitting wallet's nationwide.

Australia already sliced their fuel tax by 14 pence to ease the pain and opposition parties are piling on here too.

Tories won vats grabbed on energy bills for three years, reform UK eyes, fuel vac cuts and ditching green levies while Lib Dems push a stray 10.

Pence drop on fuel duty. The PM's keeping the rise under review amid the chaos, with fuel duty frozen till September and new tools like a price comparison site for cheapest, gas nearby.

Treasury insists their plan supports working folks responsibly, but as bills climb and voices like Walker's grow louder, expect more debate on.

Shooting drivers from this global storm.