With pump prices rising across the country in the wake of the Iranian conflict, Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick of Reform have taken over a filling station to promise they would keep the 5ppl fuel duty discount were they to win a general election.
The temporary discount, introduced in March 2022 to reflect the impact the Ukraine war had on the cost of oil, will be phased out from September this year when 1ppl will be added back to fuel duty, before 2ppl is added in December, with the process completed by a further 2ppl rise in March 2027.
To promote their announcement, Farage and Jenrick organised for New Haven Services in Buxton, Derbyshire, to be kitted out in the distinctive turquoise of Reform, with petrol being sold at 121p a litre, and diesel 143p for the day, down from 146p and 168p respectively.
The pair said the cut-price fuel was “the cheapest in the country”, while Farage said fuel duty is being “put on by politicians who don’t fill up their own cars, or who ride bicycles in North London”.
He added that the party would reduce government outgoings by “getting rid of lunatic green levies” including heat-pump legislation and EV subsidies.
