Call to abandon 3p fuel duty increase

UPPER Bann MP David Simpson has called upon the Prime Minister to abandon the Government’s plans for a 3p increase in Fuel Duty planned for August.

Mr Simpson made the call at Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament. “Recently the Prime Minister admitted that the Government had made an important mistake in the handling of the recent fuel crisis,” he said.

“It would be a positive step towards correcting that mistake if the Government was to scrap the 3p increase in Fuel Duty planned for August in order to help motorists, haulage companies and hard pressed families right across the United Kingdom.