Starmer: Fuel Duty Freeze a ‘Budget-by-Budget’ Issue

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested he may keep fuel duty frozen, but refused to make a commitment, saying it’s “a budget-by-budget” issue. Asked about his plan on fuel duty, Sir Keir told GB News on Friday that Labour knows “how impactful it is” but declined to “write five years-worth of budget two or three weeks before the election.” “Every year we’ve supported the position of keeping that frozen. It’s a budget-by-budget issue, but I would say to anyone who’s concerned on this, check our track record on this,” he said. “We’ve always said freeze the fuel duty. That’s our long history and we do it for a purpose.”...