Dossier
fuel tax
Coverage of fuel tax in the Nexus archive.
- Drivers to be hit by household budget-busting £2billion cost at the pumps thanks to Iran war, piling pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to scrap her planned fuel tax raid
Drivers in the UK face a £2 billion fuel cost increase linked to the Iran war, intensifying pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to abandon her planned fuel tax. The surge threatens household budgets and challenges government fiscal policies.
- Just a fraction of fall in wholesale diesel prices passed on at pumps, analysis shows, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces fresh calls to ditch fuel tax raid
A recent analysis reveals that only a small portion of the drop in wholesale diesel prices has been reflected at the pumps, prompting renewed demands for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to abandon a fuel tax measure. The discrepancy between wholesale and retail prices has intensified political pressure on Reeves.