RHA calls for fuel duty rebate

The Road Haulage Association has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to give hauliers a fuel duty rebate when he delivers his budget statement on 29th October.

It wants the government to introduce an ‘essential user rebate’ of 15 pence per litre in a bid to make UK businesses more competitive.

Launching the RHA’s budget submission, chief executive, Richard Burnett said: “The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) estimates that a three pence per litre cut would add another £1 billion to UK GDP and create at least 8,000 more jobs.”

The RHA also wants the government to fix Britain’s roads, introduce efficient customs and control arrangements to manage post-Brexit international haulage, and for funding to help the sector address the HGV driver shortage – estimated at 45,000.