Fuel protesters who brought UK motorways to a standstill on Monday (4 July) are set to target London within weeks, reports suggest.
The fuel protests, organised under the banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax (FPSAT) – a Facebook group with more than 52,000 members, carried out a rolling roadblock on the M4 and the M180 between Doncaster in South Yorkshire and Grimsby in Lincolnshire during the morning rush hour.
Protests were also held on the M54 in Shropshire, near the Ferrybridge services in West Yorkshire, on the A64 in the York area, on the M180 near Scunthorpe, and on the A12 in Essex.
The protesters are now planning to cause traffic chaos in the capital on 22 July, according to reports.
Meanwhile, a petition calling on the government to reduce the tax on fuel by at least 30% to ease the rising cost burden has been signed by more than 141,000 people.
The former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said he would carefully consider calls for a “more substantial” fuel duty cut after the 5p per litre reduction implemented in March failed to halt price rises.
