LABOUR and TORIES MISS LAST CHANCE TO DELIVER FAIR FUEL

LABOUR and TORIES MISS LAST CHANCE TO DELIVER FAIR FUEL

SNP's FAIR FUEL CAMPAIGN WILL TARGET CONTINUE

Commenting after last night's budget vote on fuel duty where Labour voted for an increase and the Tories abstained, the SNP MP for the Outer Hebrides, Angus MacNeil, said that only voting SNP in the coming election would send a clear message that people were sick of being ripped off by both Labour and the Tories.

Commenting Mr MacNeil said:

“With the General Election looming, this was a last chance for Labour and the Tories to deliver fair fuel for Scotland. They both failed.

“Across Scotland, many hard pressed families are struggling to cope as fuel prices continue to soar – in some rural areas they are now in excess of £1.25 per litre. This increase will be sorely felt by both hauliers and motorists.

“The SNP’s campaign against these rises will continue. SNP candidates and activists will continue to remind voters that only a vote for the SNP is a vote for fairer fuel prices.

"And at Westminster, it will be SNP MPs who will continue to push for the introduction of a fuel duty regulator which will prevent spikes such as the one we are experiencing.

“With this vote last night both Labour and the Tories have once again shown that they two sides of the same coin. That there is no difference between them."