Representatives from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) have met with Chancellor Alistair Darling to discuss plans to further raise fuel duty from 1 April.
The meeting, which took place on Monday, was described by RHA chief executive Roger King as being “courteous”.
“We had a very open conversation and no-one pulled any punches,” said King.
According to the RHA, proposed increases of two pence per litre would cost the average trucker an extra £1200 per annum.
The AA are in support of the RHA’s request, with president Edmund King saying: “The Chancellor has already bagged an unexpected windfall of more than £4 billion from motorists and the oil industry in the last twelve months, and therefore even if he scraps the threatened 2p per litre increase he would still be £3 billion better off.”
