Petrol and diesel prices could rocket if Jeremy Corbyn and Labour win the General Election
Survey reveals Labour candidates would put fuel tax UP if they're elected adding thousands to your weekly fill-up
FUEL campaigners have warned motorists could have to pay more to fill up their cars with petrol and diesel under a Jeremy Corbyn government.
A survey revealed 10 per cent of Labour hopefuls would support a hike in fuel duty if they're elected while Tories pledged to slash it.
Around 37,000 supporters of the fuel campaign contacted their local constituency candidates this week in a bid to get them to complete a six-question poll focused on petrol and diesel costs, as well as potential levies and bans on diesel vehicles.
After reviewing the results, FairFuelUK has endorsed the Conservative Party, which appears less likely to increase fuel costs or ban diesel cars than the Opposition.
The study by FairFuelUK quizzed more than 3,000 candidates and of the 1,232 who responded, just a quarter of Labour candidates said they'd cut fuel duty.
That's compared to two-thirds of Tories who wanted to cut the lucrative tax on drivers if the get in power.
The remainder said they'd freeze it - none wanted to increase fuel duty.
Aside from the Green Party, potential Labour MPs were the most likely to increase fuel duty of any party.
Even the Lib Dems candidates - who've pledged to ban diesel cars by 2025 - were less likely to raise fuel duty.
The Treasury already rakes in £27billion a year from drivers though fuel duty - one of the highest in Europe.
On top of fuel duty other rates were reviewed by the organisation including the proposition to ban diesel cars, spending on roads, introduction of a "toxic tax" and openness to other methods to promote clean air.
Fuel duty currently adds 57.95p to each litre of fuel - around half of the average 116.5ppl for petrol and 117.6ppl for diesel. A further 20 per cent is VAT.
The Tories have frozen fuel duty for the last seven years, and have committed to keep it frozen until April 2018, but a Corbyn government could change that.
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The Conservative party candidates unanimously said they would not ban diesel cars with Lib Dems at the opposite end of the spectrum with 83 per cent saying they would back a ban.
Ukip and the Tories also both had the highest opposition to introducing a Toxic tax and the Greens unsurprisingly mostly in favour with 88 per cent in favour of it.
Labour was more open than the Conservatives to using other solutions to develop cleaner air but neither were as heavily in favour as Ukip.
The SNP was most heavily in favour of matching the money spent on HS2 in road investment with the Tories a close second .
With an average petrol and diesel cost of around 116.8p and 117.1p per litre - according to PetrolPrices.com - nearly half the money Brits spend on petrol is collected by the Treasury.
And adding just 1p per litre onto the fuel duty would increase the average driver's yearly fuel bill by around £10, raking in millions more for the Treasury
FairFuelUK founder Howard Cox said: "It seems Tory Party candidates in our survey are against fuel tax hikes or further demonisation of diesel in the next Parliament.
"Good news perhaps, but, the lack of policies for motorists and small businesses in the party manifestos remains very chilling.
"Why the secrecy? What is the next Government planning so covertly for hard-working families and white van drivers after June 8.
"Are they to remain the Treasury’s cash cows for the next 5 years and have to put up with the highest of taxes and lack of investment in our roads?"
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