Stephen Metcalfe, local MP
for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has welcomed a new raft of measures to
cut the cost of running a car, including a crackdown on whiplash fraud, a
freeze on MOT test prices and a pilot scheme to reduce the cost of fuel at
motorway service stations.
Average motor insurance premiums
have already fallen by more than 12 per cent over the past year, equivalent to
a £80 reduction on an average policy, because of Conservative action to cut
excessive lawyers’ fees and to ban the ‘referral fees’ which helped create a
‘compensation culture.’
Commenting, Mr Metcalfe
said: “Conservatives have already helped hardworking people by cutting income
tax for 25 million, freezing council tax and helping with tax-free childcare.
Petrol is now 13p per litre cheaper now than it would have been because
Conservatives have cancelled the rises in fuel duty which Labour had planned.
But there is more that can still be done.”
“That’s why I welcome this
new package of measures to keep insurance premiums low, freeze the cost of a
MOT test and make it easier to get cheaper petrol on the motorway. These
changes will make things easier for motorists in South Basildon and East
Thurrock and I look forward to constituents reaping the benefits.”
Roads Minister Robert
Goodwill MP said: “The costs of owning and running a car are felt by millions
of households and businesses across the nation. The Government is determined to
help keep those costs down. That is why we are freezing the price for an MOT
test and looking again at the costs associated with getting a driving licence.”
