Thurrock’s Labour spokesman Carl Morris is calling on the Chancellor George Osborne to reverse the government’s VAT rise on fuel.
The hike in VAT to 20 per cent in January has added nearly 3p to the price of a litre of petrol and will raise £700m for the Treasury, according to figures from the independent House of Commons Library.
The Labour Party says the VAT rise should be reversed immediately on petrol using the £800m extra the government is now getting from the bank levy, compared to what it was expecting in the last Budget.
Carl Morris said:
Labour has consistently opposed the Conservative-led government’s VAT rise which has hit families in Thurrock and helped to push up petrol prices to their current record levels.
“It’s time the Chancellor George Osborne took immediate action on fuel prices to ease the pressure on families who are already facing a tough year and their incomes squeezed. He should immediately reverse the VAT rise on fuel, which has added nearly 3p to the price of a litre of petrol, using the extra £800m the Treasury will be getting from the bank levy
“And in the Budget later this month George Osborne should look again at the annual fuel duty rise due in April. The last Labour government often postponed planned duty increases when world oil prices were on the up – as they are now. The Tories promised a ‘fuel duty stabiliser’ to win votes before the election, but if they don’t deliver one it will just be another broken promise from this government.
“The AA’s latest fuel price report shows that across the East of England the average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol in February was 129.9p – up 6.5p compared to December before the VAT rise. And the current instability in the Middle East and North Africa is driving up oil prices around the world which means the price of petrol at the pump is continuing to rise.
“Now is the wrong time to be making things even worse for hard-pressed families in Thurrock by hiking up VAT, as this government has done. George Osborne should admit he got it wrong and reverse the VAT rise on petrol now.”
Because the Government is really going to listen to an ex councillor cum failed candidate for MP.
The Ego has surfaced again,oh dear.
As they say, Empty Vessels make More Noise 🙂
Stop all the bitching Ladies! I sure that will be fuel sweetners in the budget, it was planned ages ago.
So why are you all having a go at Carl Morris? Is it because you all agree with the 20% VAT on fuel prices and that Mr Osborne is right to put extra money on fuel? I thought it was the opposition’s job to oppose measures that they feel or bad for the country. I suppose that you all think that putting extra VAT on fuel is right and proper. It takes all sorts…
No, it’s not for those reasons. I am sure the government will sort the fuel price in the budget. It’s because Mr Morris has a somewhat inflated ego and is a well known jumper of bandwagons and all round opportunist. His time came and then it went, except that he hasn’t realised it yet.
In other words a typical politician?
We had 13 years of stealth taxes from Labour and not one single word from Carl Morris.
Strange that.
Carl Morris the Liz Hurley of politics,if there is a photo opportunity he’s your man!