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The Conservatives continue to put pressure on the Government to reverse their proposals to increase fuel duty, as Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch says the Government need to "ease the burden on families and businesses". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It is completely crazy that at a time when we're seeing oil price shocks, the government is actually thinking of
00:05adding an extra 5p on the pound for fuel.
00:10This is crazy. I'm at a business now where they're telling me that they're paying £1.44 for petrol, £1
00:16.55 for diesel.
00:18They buy wholesale. That's what's coming, and it's going to get even worse as long as the current situation continues.
00:24We need the government to be thinking about easing the burden of families and businesses.
00:29Conservatives froze fuel duty or cut it over 15 years.
00:33Look at what Labour is doing. They're increasing taxes. They already get extra V18 when the fuel prices go up.
00:40They don't care. All Rachel Reeves can think about is how to get more money for benefits.
00:45That's what all of this is about. They want to pay more benefits so that they can keep a certain
00:49class of voters happy,
00:51the last people left who are still voting Labour. They're not the Labour Party. They are the Welfare Party.
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