More than a dozen worried Conservative MPs urge Chancellor Philip Hammond to keep fuel duty frozen in Autumn Budget

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Louis Wood – The Sun MP Rob Halfon is mobilising Tory MPs to pressure the Chancellor into freezing fuel duty

The Tories include rising star Kemi Badenoch, former NATO commander Bob Stewart and three of Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Tory MPs.

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011 – when the Sun first launched its ‘Keep It Down’ campaign.

In the letter, Mr Halfon writes: “Motorists are truly grateful for fuel duty being kept at the same level since 2011.

“But UK diesel drivers remain the highest taxed in the world with those using petrol, third.

9142cd97353abf8a0adb0a517bc2b76a More than a dozen worried Conservative MPs urge Chancellor Philip Hammond to keep fuel duty frozen in Autumn Budget

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