Rail fares rise by 2.6% as government set to freeze fuel duty for 10th year
Opponents argue hiking ticket prices up so much will put people off train travel and could lead to more cars clogging up the roads
Opponents argue hiking ticket prices up so much will put people off train travel and could lead to more cars clogging up the roads
This car subsidy must end next week – for the sake of people and our planet.
While it may feel like an easy win for the Tories, this £8bn fossil fuel giveaway will hit Phillip Hammond’s coffers hard – and make the public cough harder.
Osborne is either is a climate change denier, an idiot, or a sadist. Either way, it will be future generations that will get hurt by this budget’s moves against the planet.
Just who benefits from the freeze on fuel duty announced by chancellor George Osborne today?
Ed Balls poked fun at George Osborne’s many, many u-turns in his autumn statement response today.
Watch: Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again over the fuel duty u-turn.
As much as we welcome the tax freeze, why won’t Osborne learn that these U-turns are doing serious damage to his credibility as chancellor?