DOING OUR DUTY
Drivers will be £50 better off in the next year thanks to The Sun pushing for fuel duty freeze
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt praised our Keep It Down campaign which helped him make his case
MOTORISTS will be £50 better off in the next year — thanks to pressure from The Sun.
An extension of the fuel duty freeze, announced in the Budget, kicks in for 12 more months from today.
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Hailing the good news, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt praised our Keep It Down campaign, which helped him make his case.
The freeze, now in its 14th year, stops prices rising with inflation. The £50 saving is made up of the freeze plus maintaining a temporary 5p cut — introduced in 2022 by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
Analysis also shows drivers have saved £250 since 2022.
And Mr Hunt pointed to two cuts to National Insurance giving £1,800 back to the average working household.
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He said: “Keeping fuel prices affordable puts more money in people’s pockets.
“And lowering people’s tax bill, while making sure we have good public services, is my priority. That’s why I’ve extended the fuel duty freeze — and it kicks in today.
“If I had done nothing, fuel duty would have gone up by 13 per cent this month.”
The Office for Budget Responsibility says the continuing policy has kept £80billion out of the taxman’s hands.
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Mr Hunt added: “We’re rewarding work and backing the people who just want to get on with it. So from the school run to keeping a business on the move, the freeze will bring benefits to drivers everywhere.
Work has also started on the PumpWatch website. It will legally require all fuel stations to share live info on their prices within 30 minutes of any change.
Hard-pressed drivers save £16 a tank thanks to 14 years of historic campaigning by The Sun
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho added: “We will always stand by UK drivers and today’s fuel duty cut is just one of the ways we are keeping costs down.”
The Sun and FairFuel UK have campaigned for 14 years to keep down duty on petrol and diesel for 37million motorists.
Last night FairFuel UK founder Howard Cox said: "I am delighted a Chancellor has at last acknowledged what I have been saying since 2010, that keeping down the price of fuel boosts the economy and helps cut inflation. A £50 saving for motorists from this year’s Budget is more than good news."
'KEEPING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS'
By Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer
COUNTLESS families and businesses depend on their cars.
That means the cost of petrol can be a huge pressure — and The Sun has made a clear case to Keep it Down when it comes to pump prices.
That’s why I’ve extended the fuel duty freeze — and it kicks in today. If I had done nothing, it would have gone up by 13 per cent this month.
Instead, the freeze will save the average car driver £50 over the next year and £250 since the 5p cut was introduced.
The really clever part is that the freeze also helps us get inflation down.
This week we heard it’s now 3.4 per cent — down from 11 per cent when I became Chancellor.
That shows that while we’re