Petition · past parliament
Reduce fuel prices
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
With the cost of gas electricity and everything else going up, it is not getting harder for a lot of families to keep the head above water. And the fuel prices have sky rocked the past few weeks/days l.
Just to help their people out just by reducing the vat or putting a price cap on all fuels, some family's won't be able to afford to get to work soon.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
The Government is not directly responsible for the price of fuel, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Reduce fuel duty and VAT by 40% for a period of 2 years: Reduce fuel duty and VAT by 40% for a period of 2 years
Remove VAT from all domestic fuel, and provide price capping on heating oil: Remove VAT from all domestic fuel, and provide price capping on heating oil.
Temporarily suspend all taxes on all fuels and energy bills: Temporarily suspend all taxes on all fuels and energy bills
Fund payments to energy customers to cover price rises by taxing oil companies: Fund payments to energy customers to cover price rises by taxing oil companies
Cut the VAT charged on energy bills: Cut the VAT charged on energy bills
Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills: Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills.
Reduce fuel duty and VAT by 40% for a period of 2 years: Reduce fuel duty and VAT by 40% for a period of 2 years
Remove VAT from all domestic fuel, and provide price capping on heating oil: Remove VAT from all domestic fuel, and provide price capping on heating oil.
Temporarily suspend all taxes on all fuels and energy bills: Temporarily suspend all taxes on all fuels and energy bills
Fund payments to energy customers to cover price rises by taxing oil companies: Fund payments to energy customers to cover price rises by taxing oil companies
Cut the VAT charged on energy bills: Cut the VAT charged on energy bills
Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills: Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills.
Timeline
| 5 Mar 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Mar 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Mar 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.