"We Must Remain On The Side Of The Motorist." Chris Grayling

Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK, Secretary for the APPG for Fair Fuel: “It would be churlish, not to thank the Chancellor and the Prime Minister for maintaining the freeze in Fuel Duty for a 10th successive year. It has been a tortuous campaigning journey convincing the Treasury year after year that this fiscal policy has positively benefitted the economy.”

“Motorists, van drivers and truckers across the UK will be pleased at this protracted decision from the Chancellor. They will hope this is just the start of more pro motoring policies, which have been sadly lacking in this Parliament. The cost of navigating our roads still remains the highest in the world and drivers continue to be demonised for all environmental ills by mis-informed politicians, but continuing the cap on duty will be warmly welcomed.”

“Now is the time for Ministers; Grant Shapps, Rishi Sunak and George Eustice to consult with UK’s 37m drivers through FairFuelUK regarding the future of road transport taxation and vehicle fuel policy. They must start seeing motorists as part of the solution and to stop making policy based on huge and biased lobbying pressure from the very well financed environmental lobby, that uses emotion not science to push their ill-informed green political agenda."

Chris Grayling MP, Epsom and Ewell, Former Transport and Cabinet Minister: “Most people depend on their cars to get to work and for their daily lives. Right now, with so many families under financial pressure, this would have been totally the wrong moment to push up their cost of living. We must remain on the side of the motorist.”

Jason McCartney MP, Colne Valley: “As a former Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel, I’d really like to say a huge thank you to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak for freezing fuel duty for a tenth year in a row. This will really help families with the cost of living in my part of Yorkshire where using a car to get to work, do some essential shopping or taking the kids to back to school is a necessity not a luxury.”

Douglas McWilliams, Deputy Chair of Cebr: “The chancellor is to be congratulated on freezing fuel duty. Compared with the 2p rise widely predicted, this will add a £600 million GDP boost to the post Covid recovery.”