Starmer Hints at Continuing Fuel Duty Freeze for UK Drivers
- Labour leader says he’s ‘sensitive’ to impact of ending freeze
- Watchdog estimates cost of long-running freeze at £90 billion
Keir Starmer
Photographer: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesLabour leader Keir Starmer suggested that he will continue a freeze on fuel duty that has been a boon for UK drivers if his party wins the upcoming election.
Speaking in an interview with GB News on Friday, Starmer said voters should judge from Labour’s track record of supporting previous freezes of the mechanism that automatically raises fuel duty in line with inflation.