RHA calls for essential fuel user rebate and end to planned fuel duty hikes

Hauliers take fuel duty demands to Downing Street

Richard Smith, RHA managing director, with Sarah Evans MP outside 11 Downing Street The Road Haulage Association (RHA) delivered an open letter to the chancellor Rachel Reeves at 11 Downing Street this week signed by more than 470 transport operators, reiterating the call for plans to scrap forthcoming increases in fuel duty. The existing 5p temporary cut introduced by the previous government is currently planned to be reversed in a three-phase …

RHA calls for essential fuel user rebate and end to planned fuel duty hikes

A targeted fuel duty support package for truck, van, and coach operators, along with the cancellation of planned fuel duty hikes, is needed to help support the transport sector says the RHA, reports Peter Brown. RHA managing director Richard Smith warned that rising costs are threatening supply chains and driving inflation across the economy. “As a result of global events, fuel costs for businesses have risen by over 40%,” he said. “Operators ar…