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Minimal Support for Reform UK Fuel Tax Protests

The protest drew only a branded bus and a taxi as Reform UK pressed Rachel Reeves to pause a planned fuel duty rise.

  • On Monday, a Reform UK-organised protest against planned fuel duty increases failed to draw significant support in Westminster, with only a bus and taxi arriving as the planned march was canceled.
  • Reform UK is urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to implement an "emergency cut now" to fuel duty, opposing the planned September increase amid price surges caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade.
  • Despite an AI-generated poster featuring tractors and lorries, Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick led a small group arriving 40 minutes late, claiming they were "driving around central London" to send a message to the Treasury.
  • Sir Keir Starmer reiterated that household energy costs are capped until July, as Labour remains under pressure to address cost-of-living concerns and fuel duty is scheduled to remain frozen until September.
  • Oil prices hit near three-week highs on Monday as peace talks between international negotiators and Iran stalled; fuel prices at UK forecourts remain significantly higher than pre-conflict levels despite recent slight drops.
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Minimal support for Reform UK fuel tax protests

The only vehicles which attended the demonstration were a double-decker bus and a taxi, both of which featured the party’s branding.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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