Sir Keir Starmer’s cost of living champion has urged the government to consider “extending” or “enlarging” the 5p fuel duty cut as the Middle East crisis deepens.
Oil prices, which have a significant effect on the cost of fuel, have soared in response to Iran’s stranglehold on tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up pump prices and piling pressure on the government to abandon a planned increase in fuel duty due in September.
