Petition

Temporarily Reduce Fuel duty, to ease the burden on families

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to the current conflict in the Middle East, The treasury could temporarily reduce the fuel duty so that the prices don’t rise, this would stop the panic buying and then allow families to function and stop increases in transportation costs and ultimately increases in food costs for all

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Reduce fuel duty and remove VAT on petrol and diesel
Reduce fuel duty and remove VAT on petrol and diesel

Suspend fuel duty and VAT on fuel until the Iran conflict ends
Suspend fuel duty and VAT on fuel until the Iran conflict ends

Timeline

23 Mar 2026 Petition opened for signatures
14 Apr 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Apr 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 31 Aug 2026.