Following FairFuel UK’s plea to the Chancellor yesterday (14 March 2016) not to gamble on fuel duty in tomorrow’s Budget, the pressure group is today pointing to SNP MPs, who are now publicly backing its campaign.
Fuel Pricing
FTA (Freight Transport Association) has written to Chancellor George Osborne with a pre-Budget (17 March 2016) submission urging him to consider reducing fuel duty.
Fleet Operating Costs
The transport industry is offering a muted response to today’s Autumn Statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the FTA, RHA and FairfuelUK all underwhelmed.
Fleet Operating Costs
The transport industry is declaring itself broadly happy with yesterday’s Budget statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer – breathing a sigh of relief over the fuel duty freeze, but calling his failure to act on the HGV driver shortage a missed opportunity. .
Fleet Operating Costs
The FTA (Freight Transport Association), RHA (Road Haulage Association), FairFuelUK, the RAC, Microlise, 33 MPs and others are all warning the Chancellor that failing to freeze or cut fuel duty in today’s Budget could sabotage the country’s economic growth.
Driver / People Management
It's official: according to a Treasury report published as we go to press, cutting fuel duty does have a positive impact on the economy after all – an argument FairFuel UK, FTA (Freight Transport Association), RHA (Road Haulage Association) and others have been promulgating since 2011.
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