The chancellor's speech at the Conservative party conference delivered a pledge to
freeze fuel duties.
«We understand that the impact of the great recession is still being felt and so we've moved to cut income tax for 26 million people,
frozen fuel duty and frozen council tax.
And while doing these big, country - changing things, we are doing everything possible to help people who are struggling with the cost of living: helping to freeze council tax for three years in a row;
freezing fuel duty; cutting the income tax bills of 24 million taxpayers; taking two million of the lowest paid out of tax altogether.
The autumn statement
froze fuel duty, raised personal tax allowances and banned lettings fees.
«Provided we can find the savings to pay for it, I want to
freeze fuel duty for the rest of this parliament,» said Osborne to loud applause.
He would
freeze fuel duty, a big deal for our readers, then slap a tax on takeaway grub.
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Freezing fuel duty until the end of parliament will save drivers # 11 every time they fill up their tanks compared to what it would have cost under Labour.
Hammond admitted he was averting negative headlines by not bringing in wider moves on diesel and continuing to
freeze fuel duty.
Not only has
it frozen fuel duty in real terms, but also cut it by 1p in 2011.
So, too, will the decision to
freeze fuel duty for the sixth successive year, though if ever there was a time to increase the tax surely it was now as pump prices have fallen so much.
The coalition has
frozen the fuel duty escalator on petrol and diesel that was brought in by the previous administration as a green tax during the 1990s.
Under questioning from Miliband in the Commons, Cameron said that the decision to
freeze fuel duty was not a government U-turn since it was one of six increases in fuel duty left by Labour.
In the last autumn statement, he scrapped an increase he had already deferred until January and now it appears he may
freeze fuel duty rises throughout this parliament.
In
freezing the fuel duty freeze, Osborne will be repeating his autumn statement from last year, raising calls by some for the total scrapping of the fuel duty escalator under which tax is supposed to increase by the retail price index (RPI) every April until 2014.
The group's chief executive, Stephen Joseph, said: «
Freezing fuel duty does nothing to help the millions who rely on public transport.
The chancellor has
frozen fuel duty again, cancelling a rise planned for September — although Treasury documents published alongside the budget reveal that the rise was only due to be 1.89 p, not the 3p that was widely anticipated.
Increasing the personal allowance is popular (83 % say its a good idea), as is cracking down on international tax avoidance (81 %),
freezing fuel duty (74 %) and the sugar tax (62 %).
The Government has done its work; cutting or
freezing fuel duty for two years.
Yes, he was
freezing fuel duty for the rest of the year!
Not exact matches
She proposed generous measures including a
freeze on
fuel duty — a trademark of Osborne's — as well as cuts to air passenger taxes, and further childcare subsidies.
Measures such as the higher personal allowance, the
freeze in
fuel duty, and abolition of the alcohol
duty escalator will all ease the burden on hard - pressed families.
«The cut in beer tax, the
freeze in
fuel duty and the higher personal allowance will all ease the pressure on family budgets.
«Countrysiders and their businesses are penalised for their rural location, paying more to run a car, which is an essential not a luxury for them; this
freeze in
fuel duty will help to alleviate this pressure.»
With reports online that Tory MPs were still being told to brand Labour's demand for a
fuel duty freeze «the worst kind of hypocrisy» at 12:30 BST yesterday, Ms Smith's inability to stick to a government line seems considerably more understandable.
Yhe personal allowance will rise and
fuel duty be
frozen.
The chancellor announced that
fuel duty is to be
frozen for the rest of this Parliament, if the savings can be found to pay for it.
Chancellor's
freeze on
fuel duty hailed a «victory for the hard - working classes of modern Britain»
Osborne's
fuel duty commitment follows intense backbench pressure and is his riposte to the promise last week by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to
freeze electricity prices for 20 months after the 2015 election.
That's why the actions we've taken — such as
freezing the council tax, making cuts to
fuel duty and raising the personal allowance so you keep more before you start paying tax — are so important.
People have found it hard to make ends meet» Cameron declared, before talking up the council and
fuel duty freezes.
However, critics have asked how the persistent
freezes in
fuel duty fit with the government's deficit reduction priority — a question most famously posed by Jeremy Paxman to Treasury minister Chloe Smith on Newsnight after the
duty U-turn in August.
They also had a Windfall Tax on Utilities and auctioned 3 - G licences, raided Pension Funds and played with
Fuel Duty... taxes rose quite considerably... it was spending totals they
froze causing real problems in the NHs etc which then exploded after 2001 rather like binge - dieting
Mr Osborne set out a number of policies for a future Tory government, including a
freeze on
fuel duty and a requirement for the long - term unemployed to work for their benefits.
As you know, I am strongly in favour of raising the personal allowance to # 10,000 and welcome what George Osborne has done so far to help with the cost of living, whether this is reducing
fuel duty, or
freezing Council Tax.
George Osborne's decision to halt August's planned
fuel duty rise and
freeze it for the rest of this year is an adroit retreat which will be greeted with relief by motorists - and, furthermore, has been played by the book, since he's just announced it in the Commons.
George Osborne diverts money from Britain's poorest families to pay for public building projects and a
fuel duty freeze
Prime minister's questions was largely about the
freezing of
fuel duty, and about Chloe Smith, the demure 30 - year - old Norwich MP who is the most junior minister in the Treasury.
George Osborne is planning to
freeze the planned
fuel duty rise in his autumn statement, after coming under pressure from his backbenchers and receiving support from key Liberal Democrat colleagues.
Transport lobby groups are worried that, after six years of
freezes, the time is ripe for the chancellor to grab some extra income from
fuel duty.
The cash saved will be used to pay for a
freeze on
fuel duty to placate exasperated motorists; a cap on rail fare rises; and to help fund scores of infrastructure projects, from the Kettering bypass to a new bridge across the Thames.
George Osborne's decision to halt August's planned
fuel duty rise and
freeze it for the rest of this year is a panic climbdown which will be greeted with contempt by everyone - and, furthermore, is extremely badly timed, since Ed Balls called for it today.
«Drivers shouldn't be dancing in the streets or at the pumps due to a promised
freeze in
fuel duty,» said Edmund King, AA president.
On a day when he revealed the economy would take a # 60 billion hit over the coming five years thanks Brexit, Mr Hammond did have some positive news - namely that
fuel duty would be
frozen and the National Living Wage increased.
The political damage from George Osborne's U-turn on plans to increase
fuel duty deepened on Tuesday night when he was accused of leaving one of his junior ministers to carry the can during an interview in which she struggled to explain how the
freeze would be funded.
Dozens of Conservative MPs have said they will oppose any attempt to end the five - year
freeze on
fuel duty in the Budget.
The budget did include a straight up tax break for investment in North Sea oil, as well as a
freeze on
fuel duty increases.