Rachel Reeves has been told “not to be a bystander” and “do her job” by implementing an emergency VAT cut for petrol and diesel. Speaking to GB News, Reform UK’s Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick took aim at the “out of touch” Chancellor as Britons continue to suffer at the petrol pumps.Declaring the UK’s fuel crisis is about “more than party politics”, Mr Jenrick told GB News that Britons “need to see more action” from the Government.He stressed: “People are hurting right now in the country and we need to see some action. What we have proposed, and the Conservatives have rowed in behind us today, is for Rachel to stop being a bystander.
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“Get on and do your job and actually take some action. Cut VAT on domestic energy bills.”Calling on the Chancellor to remove the “mad taxes and levies” on Britons, Mr Jenrick said: “The heating tax has been hated since it was introduced 30 odd years ago. If that went, it would save the average household £85 a year. “Get rid of the mad taxes and levies that have been piled on by stealth to people’s energy bills. That will save another £115.”Urging Ms Reeves to follow many other countries including Sweden, Spain and Portugal in introducing an emergency VAT cut for petrol and diesel, he added: “You can see country after country coming to the same conclusion, Australia did so last night, joining Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Poland, many others. “That would make a big difference to all those people who rely on their cars. And obviously, Rachel Reeves, do not proceed with the increase in fuel duty. That’s coming down the line in September. Only somebody that’s out of touch as her would hold to that.”Calling on the Chancellor to “take action now”, Mr Jenrick made clear: “People are really struggling at the moment, and you can see that petrol and diesel at the forecourt is almost as high as £2 a litre at some petrol stations.”People can’t afford this. There needs to be action right now.”The Reform MP accused the Chancellor of “coining it in” as a result of the taxes and levies currently put on Britons, telling GB News that she is making around “£40million a week” from them.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSBusiness owner issues desperate plea to Rachel Reeves after being hammered with extra 48% fuel costEd Miliband lambasted for shutting down North Sea drilling amid fuel crisis: ‘No excuse!’Rachel Reeves joins emergency G7 talks as fuel shortage fears surgeHe explained: “If you look at these taxes themselves, Rachel Reeves is coining it in at the moment. Because everybody is paying VAT when they fill up at the pumps, they’re paying the VAT on their higher domestic energy bills as well. “We’ve calculated that Rachel Reeves is making £40million a week extra as a result of this. There was even a study in the Telegraph the other day that said that she might make £3billion this year extra as a result of these increased revenues on energy bills. “So she’s got the money – what we’re saying is use just a small part of it to lighten the load in this emergency situation.”Accusing the Tories of “copy and pasting” their policies, host Tom Harwood challenged Mr Jenrick on there being only “three things” political parties can pledge with tax.Tom told Mr Jenrick: “There’s only really three things that you can do with fuel – you can tax it more, you can keep the taxes the same and you can tax it less. “Is it really copying the Reform Party to pick one of the only three possible policy choices that you could make when it comes to tax on fuel?”Mr Jenrick responded: “Well, look, it’s always flattering when your opponents copy and paste your policies, and we did notice that a K.Badenoch in Wimbledon had gone on to www.nigelcutmybills.com and entered our prize draw – I’m only kidding. “But this is actually more important than party politics. People are hurting right now across the country, and we need to see some action.”
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