Please
see our open letter to the Chancellor, from 1.1m Campaign Supporters, the RAC, FTA, RHA,
APN and Microlise endorsed by 33 MPs listed below, regarding his Fuel Duty
plans.
"FairFuelUK and the
undersigned MPs from all Parties warn George Osborne that an inflation based
fuel duty rise in the coming Emergency Budget or in future years will lower
GDP, cost the UK £8 billion in reduced economic activity, raise inflation and
sabotage one of the slowest economic recoveries this country has ever
seen. Even The Treasury has said that the Government’s freeze on duty
since 2011 has improved GDP by 0.5% and that ‘low fuel costs are good for the
economy’. The UK already has the highest duty regimes in the EU, 98% of
FairFuelUK’s 1.1 million supporters believe this is too high and research by
CEBR confirm that fuel duty is already at an unsustainable level. To ignore 37
million drivers, deny the fact we are reliant on a road economy and side-step
haversacks of prestigious academic fiscal research will seem arrogant and
reckless. Before the election this Government trumpeted its policy of
keeping fuel costs low to stimulate growth and jobs. A volte-face now will
appear duplicitous. We urge the Chancellor to be fearless and continue to protect
the UK’s fragile road-based economy by at least freezing fuel duty in the
lifetime of this Parliament. However he must consider a real cut in this levy,
the economist’s preferred choice and proven to spawn prolonged growth tax
revenue for the Exchequer.”
Sincerely
- Quentin Willson (TVBroadcaster, Journalist and FairFuelUK Campaigner)
- Howard Cox (Founder of the FairFuelUK Campaign)
- Richard Burnett CEO RHA.FairFuelUK Campaign backer
- David Wells CEO FTA.FairFuelUK Campaign backer
- David Bizley Chief EngineerRAC.FairFuelUK Campaign backer
- Paul Sanders Assoc Pallet Networks.FairFuelUK Campaign backer
- Bob Harbey MD MicroliseLtd. FairFuelUK Campaign backer
Here is a list of MPs from all Parties supporting FairFuelUK’s call for Fuel Duty sense. They signed at the FairFuelUK Campaign’s Pre Budget Reception in Portcullis House, July 1st2015. That was attended by 70 MPs
- Alan Brown (SNP)
- Albert Owen (L)
- Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Angus MacNeil (SNP)
- Bob Blackman (C)
- Caroline Nokes (C)
- Calum Kerr (SNP)
- Danny Kinahan (UUP)
- Dennis Skinner (L)
- Douglas Chapman (SNP)
- Heather Wheeler (C)
- Ian Paisley (DUP)
- Jason McCartney (C)
- Jim Cunningham (L)
- Jim Shannon (DUP)
- John McNally (SNP)
- Julie Cooper (L)
- Madeline Moon (L)
- Margaret Ferrier (SNP)
- Margaret Ritchie (SDLP)
- Mark Williams (LD)
- Mary Glindon (L)
- Peter Aldous (C)
- Rachael Maskell (L)
- Richard Arkless (SNP)
- Rob Flello (L) MP
- Rosie Cooper (L)
- Sharon Hodgson (L)
- Stephen Met
- Sir David Amess (C)
- Sir Gerald Kaufman (L)
- Sir Peter Bottomley (C)
- Stuart Donaldson (SNP)