Rishi Sunak has pledged to “stand by” under-pressure households as he appeared to suggest that help could be coming in the form of a fuel duty cut. The Conservative Chancellor told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: “Obviously I can’t comment on specific things (that will be in the spring statement). “I get that, that’s why we’ve frozen fuel duty already.”With the UK Government having frozen fuel duty for 11 years in a row, Mr Sunak said he knows such action “really helps people”. Labour said it would vote for a fuel duty cut but argued that ministers should be considering more radical measures to guard against cost of living demands. “I don’t think the answer to a fossil fuel crisis is more fossil fuels,” Ms Reeves told the Sunday Morning programme.

Source: The Herald March 21, 2022 01:33 UTC