PETROL PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH AS LABOUR'S DUTY RISE KICKS IN

PETROL PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH AS LABOUR'S DUTY RISE KICKS IN

DRIVE DOWN FUEL PRICES WITH AN SNP LOCAL CHAMPION

Commenting on today's news that the average price of unleaded petrol has hit a new high of 119.9p a litre, SNP MP Angus MacNeil said voters can make Labour pay at the polls for making them pay at the pumps.

Commenting Mr MacNeil said:

“This may be a first for the UK but it has been this way in many parts of Scotland for some time already. Only by voting for an SNP local champion can voters drive down Labour's sky high fuel prices.

"Labour were warned that their support for higher fuel taxes would hit ordinary people and we are already seeing the effects of that tax rise in the price at the pump.

"This latest news just confirms that Labour and Gordon Brown have learnt nothing from their years in government.

“Sky high fuel taxes imposed by Gordon Brown, and latterly Alistair Darling, are indiscriminate and effectively a poll tax on wheels.

“It shows how out of touch Labour have become that they should target ordinary people in this way to pay for the bail out of a banking system failure they helped create.

“Only a vote for the SNP can send the message that Scots no longer want Labour's arbitrary fuel tax hikes and want the introduction of a fuel duty regulator to ensure price stability as well as lower fuel taxes for remote areas.

"By voting SNP the people of Scotland can make Labour pay at the polls for making them pay at the pumps."