Today the Government announced a freeze in Fuel Duty for the rest of this year.
You can read my question below, or watch it with the video above.
Robert Halfon (Harlow): Does my Rt Hon. Friend agree that motorists across the country will welcome the cut in fuel tax announced for August and that it will greatly improve the performance of the economy? Does this not show that the Government is on the side of hard pressed working people?
Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander): Well I agree entirely with my Hon. friend. I met with representatives of the FairFuelUK campaign yesterday. We have a great deal of sympathy with their argument, as well as the arguments made by families across this country including in remote and rural areas. I think it's worth saying, thanks to the decisions of this Coalition Government has made, not only is Fuel Tax 10p a litre lower then Labour's plans, Council Tax is lower, Income Tax is lower. In the Budget in March we saw the largest ever increase in the Income Tax personal allowance. All of which puts money back in the pockets of hard pressed families.
Please read my previous blog post on this issue here.
by Robert Halfon MP - Working Hard for Harlow.
