Starmer has suggested that the rise in fuel duty could be reversed before it is defrosted in September. In PMQs he said:
“We will keep the situation under review in light of what’s happening in Iran.”
Reeves told the Treasury Committee about 20 minutes before that she was ‘loath’ to climb down from the tax hike and blamed rising prices on the market and “price-gouging.” Which doesn’t exist here…
In the meantime the PM is accusing Badenoch (and Farage) of supporting “the mother of all U-turns” by “supporting a war without thinking through the consequences” and then changing their minds. He knows a thing or two about U-turns when it comes to Iran…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”