More than half of UK motorists say Chancellor Philip Hammond’s fuel duty hike ‘will ruin our Christmas’
Chancellor Philip Hammond is facing calls to give drivers a break this festive season as a FairFuel survey reveals 89 percent of Brits will be forced to cut back on going out and eating
MORE than half UK motorists will have to cut back on Christmas if the Chancellor hikes fuel duty, a poll says.
And campaigners claim fed-up drivers now believe Jeremy Corbyn is more in touch with them than Theresa May.
The FairFuel UK survey reveals 55 per cent of the 6,200 quizzed would cut festive spending if a Budget hike meant higher fuel bills.
Some 89 per cent say they’ll need to cut back on everything from going out to eating.
Now Chancellor Philip Hammond is facing calls to give them a break.
Campaign group FairFuel is due to meet Treasury Minister Andrew Jones for showdown talks.
Co-founder Howard Cox said: “The poll shows drivers are sick of being used as the Government’s cash cow with so little given in return.”
Fuel duty has been frozen since The Sun’s Keep It Down campaign launched in 2011.
But it will rise by about 3p a litre in April unless the Chancellor continues the freeze.
