The Chancellor of the Exchequer has cancelled Labour's planned fuel duty rise in today's Budget, saving 3.5 million motorists in West Midlands over £170 every year.
Pump prices will now be 13 pence per litre lower than if Labour were in power. For a Vauxhall Astra that is £7 less every time families fill up the tank - or £9 less for a Mondeo. A van driver will save £340 per year and a haulier will save £5,200 per year.
Fuel duty will now have been frozen for nearly three and half years - the longest freeze in duty for over 20 years.
Mark Garnier MP welcomed the news, saying: 'This Government has frozen fuel duty for three and a half years - longer than any Government in the last twenty years - and saving the average family £7 every time they fill up their car.
'This is brilliant news for families across Wyre Forest. I have been campaigning for fair fuel prices in our constituency for a long time, and I am pleased to see that the Government is listening to the people and doing what it can to relief their financial situation.'