THE UK Government must scrap VAT on petrol and diesel sales, the SNP have said, as new polling found voters want to see action on energy prices as the top priority from the upcoming Budget.
On Wednesday, Chancellor John Healey will unveil his first Budget – and the first of Andy Burnham’s time as Prime Minister. Polling from Survation, conducted for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, found that nearly a quarter of voters (23%) ranked reducing the cost of energy as their number one ask from the Chancellor, ahead of increasing funding for the NHS (19%), and keeping taxes down (15%).
