Rural Cost of Living

Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 17 July 2014.

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Photo of Alex Cunningham Alex Cunningham Labour, Stockton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to reduce the cost of living in rural communities.

Photo of Albert Owen Albert Owen Labour, Ynys Môn

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to reduce the cost of living in rural communities.

Photo of Dan Rogerson Dan Rogerson The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Labour presided over the longest and deepest recession since the war.

We have taken action to elevate the impact on households.

For example, rural households spend a large proportion of their income on travel.

We have reduced fuel duty meaning pump prices are 13p per litre lower than they would have been under Labour’s plans.

This means it is £7 cheaper for motorists every time they fill their tank.

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