JEREMY Clarkson led the charge last night in an eve of Budget plea to Rachel Reeves to spare Britain’s 37million striver drivers. MPs of all stripes, motoring champions and celebrities united behind one message to the Chancellor : “ Keep it Down !” Their plea came amid fears of a damaging 7p a litre fuel duty rise . They urged Ms Reeves to resist Treasury demands to raise the levy and scrap the 14-year freeze secured by The Sun’s Keep It Down campaign with FairFuelUK.
Fears have been mounting that the Government could reverse the 5p cut and reinstate an inflationary increase to help shore up public finances. Worries intensified yesterday when the Chancellor refused to rule out a rise, telling the Commons the Tories had planned one this year. READ MORE ON BUDGET But opponents said working people and businesses would be hardest hit if an increase was declared — and Labour would be “never forgiven”.
Backing our crusade, Clarkson’s Farm star and Sun columnist Jeremy said: “If you live in Kentish Town, then you are well served by many transport options. If you don’t live in Kentish Town, you aren’t. “You need a car and you need to be able to afford to drive it.
” Shadow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt declared that people who drove to their jobs were “working people, not fat-cats”. Most read in Motors He said: “Every single one will remember if the Chancellor double-crosses them today.” Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch added that Labour would not get t.
