MP: Rise in fuel duty will send out wrong message to blue collar voters
Marco Longhi MP has demanded the Government scrap any plans to increase fuel duty in next month’s Budget to stop hard working families being hit at the pump.
He is among a group of Conservative MPs calling for new Chancellor Rishi Sunak to confirm he has no plans to up the price following reports claiming an inflation-linked 2p per litre spike could be announced on March 11.
The Dudley North MP said: “Any increase in duty would send out the entirely wrong message to the millions of blue collar workers who lent us their vote in the General Election.
“Many of my constituents rely on driving as a source of income and therefore working-class individuals in constituencies like mine will be hardest hit.
“This is in addition to the families who use cars to get to work, their children to school and have no choice to use their car to provide for their family.
“The Conservative Party should be supporting these people, not setting them back.”
In an open letter to Mr Sunak, the MPs – who are all part of the Blue Collar Conservatism group – said raising taxes was the wrong message to send out.
