Residents feel they have no choice but to pay the high fuel prices, which are having a crippling effect on low-income households, those in rural areas, and businesses. The AA has called upon the government to cut fuel duty by 10p per litre and introduce a fuel stabiliser.
It now costs £100 to fill the average car with petrol, and this stabiliser would work by reducing fuel duty when prices go up and increasing it when prices drop. Stabilising prices would provide drivers with more certainty, and the government is also being asked to introduce a national fuel price checker to stop the post code lottery when it comes to rip-off prices for fuel.
A similar system works well in Northern Ireland, where both petrol and diesel is 6p per litre cheaper than the rest of the UK. Edmund King, AA president, said: "Enough it enough. The government must act urgently to reduce the record fuel prices which are crippling the lives of those on lower incomes, rural areas and businesses.
