THE Prime Minister has warned us October’s Budget will be “painful”. But I strongly believe his idea of pain will be to put up fuel duty. 4 I strongly believe Labour's idea of a 'painful' October Budget will be to put up fuel duty - pictured Chancellor Rachel Reeves 4 In a speech, Sir Keir Starmer repeated that there would be no increase in income tax, VAT or National Insurance Credit: Alamy And that will be a disaster for Britain.
In his Rose Garden speech at No10, Sir Keir Starmer repeated that there would be no increase in income tax, VAT or National Insurance. Yesterday he was asked during his trip to Germany if that meant fuel duty would be going up in October. It comes as no surprise that he did not deny it.
It is now clear to me that Labour’s first Budget will hit the motorist hard. From credible Whitehall intelligence, I am in no doubt that the Treasury will revert to type and increase fuel duty in the autumn by as much as TEN PENCE a litre to “balance the books”. Ending a near 15-year freeze on fuel duty — which The Sun and FairFuelUK fought for with the Keep It Down campaign — could be the worst mistake Labour makes.
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