Cam Slater: As Predicted, Hipkins Extends Fuel Tax Cuts

As I predicted earlier, removing the fuel tax and RUC cuts has proved too difficult for the Government to even contemplate. With Hipkins’s promise to focus on the cost of living, removing the fuel tax and excise was going to see prices at the pump rocket up by a reported 40–50c a litre. In an election year, that was going to be poison for the voters.