Sentences with phrase «fuel duty»

But he also announced a delay to the increase in fuel duty, a reversal on the introduction of a per - plane duty, and few energy and emission - reduction incentives.

Yes, he was freezing fuel duty for the rest of the year!

The increase in investment and higher spending will generate enough extra VAT and income tax receipts to make up most of the losses from expected fuel duty rises.

The freeze on fuel duty is another backward step and shows that the government cares nothing about climate change, air pollution or public health.

Now, I accept that this Government has stepped up to the plate when it comes to cutting fuel duty.

Meanwhile, he added, the steady erosion of fuel duty yield is well known, as vehicle fuel efficiency improves and hybrid, electric and other vehicle technologies achieve significant market penetration.

The challenge for this country is that if we do not get this # 500 million of real money from fuel duty, it has to come from somewhere else.

The government has not raised fuel duty in line with inflation and has cancelled a string of planned increases.

In the future, I will always urge the Government to reduce fuel duty if they can.

Every budget, Governments used to raise fuel duty at midnight and motorists would flock to petrol stations the night before.

One second it's income tax, then fuel duty, then debt.

The shock fuel duty cut and increased personal allowance will make a real difference.

That whenever you fill up the family car, the till receipt should say in black and white how much fuel duty, VAT, and petrol you have paid.

He said that developments in transport technology as well as a predicted loss of fuel duty make the need to introduce a per mile charge for road users even more pressing.

The only specific measure to run into strong opposition was the increase in fuel duty, opposed by 68 %.

The chancellor's speech at the Conservative party conference delivered a pledge to freeze fuel duties.

Of course the Government can do more to cut fuel duty, and I hope it is the first candidate for tax cuts as soon as the economic conditions allow.

The government could bring us healthier air and less congestion by raising fuel duty and using the money to reverse the devastating cuts to buses.

Aviation tax rises were dropped despite the fact that aviation is historically under - taxed compared to road fuels and, whilst the road fuel duty escalator was scrapped, there was no help for bus and train users suffering much greater cost increases.

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.

Tory MP Robert Halfon is widely known in Westminster as a tenacious campaigner when it comes to issues such as fuel duty and apprenticeships.

The budget did include a straight up tax break for investment in North Sea oil, as well as a freeze on fuel duty increases.

One year on, he is now indicating that he is going to press ahead with fuel duty increases, even though rising oil prices mean that pump prices have today reached a record high.

Osborne's autumn statement was fiscally neutral, effectively swapping benefit cuts and tax rises on the richest for broader tax reductions like the abandoned fuel duty hike and increases in personal tax thresholds.

Policies under consideration including freezing fuel duty for motorists, boosting support for childcare and helping low - income families to save — and Hammond will also confirm that he will meet several Conservative manifesto pledges, including increasing the tax - free personal allowance.

Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, criticised the government's plans to fund the cut in fuel duty by taxing oil companies:

The FSB want the planned 3p fuel duty rise in January scrapped.

To reverse the trend the LGA is calling for the Government to invest 2p per litre of existing fuel duty in road maintenance.

The Treasury is taking an ever keener interest in the issue because of declining revenue from fuel duty which is set to continue.

A potential Conservative backbench rebellion over fuel duty appears to have been averted by promises that January's planned increase will be put off.

Shadow chancellor urges government to postpone August's planned 3p increase in fuel duty until next year

Her failure to answer basic questions about fuel duty when up against Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight was such a train wreck it kept trending on Twitter well into the following day.

The national insurance break for the first 10 employees in start - ups could be extended and the Chancellor will almost certainly delay a rise in fuel duty scheduled for April.

Cameron discarded promises on knife crime, marriage tax breaks and fuel duty like so much confetti to get Nick Clegg up the aisle.

The icing on the cake, of course, will be the Tories joining the dots between fuel duty and the 10p tax rate to paint Labour as the «new nasty party».

The group's chief executive, Stephen Joseph, said: «Freezing fuel duty does nothing to help the millions who rely on public transport.

Osborne's fuel duty news and his Treasury golden rule: never, ever allow oneself to be outsmarted by Ed Balls.

Labour wants 3p - a-litre hike in fuel duty postponed for another three months in face of rising bills and stagnant wages

Suddenly, Mr Cameron is being haunted by broken promises to end top - down NHS restructuring, to cap banker bonuses at # 2,000 and to limit fuel duty increases.

Treasury officials said the chancellor would have foregone # 22.6 bn in planned fuel duty revenues by the end of the parliament by refusing to go ahead with Labour's planned rises.

«I am very pleased that under this Government fuel duty has not been increased at all in the last 5 years, recognising the impact fuel costs can have on the cost of living and business costs - particularly in rural areas where we are reliant on our vehicles.

In addition to the 1p cut in beer duty, the chancellor announced he was abandoning the scheduled September increase in fuel duty altogether.

He scored a succession of extremely expensive victories against the government, working alongside The Sun to force Chancellor George Osborne to slash billions off fuel duty for motorists — leaving Mr Osborne to infamously dub «the most expensive MP in Parliament».

He deflected questions from the floor on the politically sticky subjects of wind power and fuel duty mainly with swipes at the «previous government», avoiding even a joshing jibe at his coalition partners.

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) said the decision to cut the 50p tax rate rather than fuel duty hit the Tories hard, and urged more working class, Northern voices at the top of the Party (exact quote not online).

At present it is Downing Street which has the bragging rights when it comes to petitions; it's no coincidence today's protest by hauliers, angry at the government's 2p fuel duty hike, will be delivering their petition to the prime minister rather than parliament.

Osborne cancels the September fuel duty increase.

This time over the imminent rise in fuel duty now delayed until Christmas at least.