Why cant we just pump 3 billion pounds into alternative fuels. I'm not green only when money matters. It makes sense to change the we work. Why not replace petrol with vegetable oil, LPG an electricity. why not even create the hydrogen pumps that aren't available in the UK. WE NEED TO CHANGE!

Sunny Patel, Coventry,

a nice bit of state price control from the free market party

richard, leeds, uk

Is it me being thick, or will a decrease in fuel prices not also help struggling buisnesses and allow further growth? The reason that there is a fall in revenue in some areas is companies tend to try to save on fuel costs, meaning less production and spending. A cut would benifit both parties?

Leon, Warwick, England

how come oil companies are still making millions of profit even though the barrel for oil is rising? it is not fair that the consumer has to pay for the rise of the fuel why cant the companies pay for that and make a less profit. the government should have put a limit on the price of the fuel

ez, enfield, uk

In 1998, the Florida Legislature passed its first "Florida Residents' Tax Relief Act," which created a "sales tax holiday" where certain purchases of clothing would be exempt from Florida's state and local sales and use tax.
England could do this with petrol to give the economy a needed boost

Mark, Maidstone, England

promises, promises and no one held accountable, same old story. welcome to the age of central party politics.

redtom, bolton, u.k.

If these politicians want to kick start the economy back to health then they should get rid of VAT on all goods.

Louis Blanc, Liverpool, UK

ooooooohhhhh! A whole 5p! Thanks Mr Cameron! The saving will be eaten up by the oil compnaies in a month.

This shows the stupidity of this debate. The problem is the PRICE of oil, not the rate of Duty, the level of which BTW was massively increased by the last Conservative Government.

Douglas Newell, Saltcoats, UK

simon, London

We're not running out of fuel. We haven't even started in Iraq, Alaska and parts of Canada let alone Brazil and the Southern Atlantic.

Phill, The Wirral, England

Political rhetoric to get votes.

Mark, Yorkshire,

Mmmm Wasn't it the Tories who introduced the fuel escalator to start with ?.

Kenneth O'Boyle, Perth, UK

5p? big deal. A litre of fuel goes up in price by 5p every few weeks. The Tory's are being disingenuous. They want to keep the huge tax revenues from the public. Perhaps they'll do something better with the money but they should be open and honest about it.

Matthew, Bucks, UK

Can someone explain to me why we can't cut the VAT on the fuel rather than the basic tax. Thank you. I thought I read that Sarkozy was going to cut the amount of VAT on fuel in France.

Dr Ian Burgess, Bristol,

And what will be done to ensure that any reductions in duty are passed on to the consumer in full as opposed to bolstering the profits of the vendors.
More Regulation? Surely not.

Alan Hargreaves, Holywell, UK

They need to cut demand not the price, if the price to consumers falls it will stimulate demand and the price before tax will rise again. The producers will be better off and the government worse off and the hauliers still in the same boat.

Peter Morris, London, UK

Malaysia is facing exactly the same predicament, but the government says it cannot continue to subsidise the increased fuel prices, although Malaysia is a net oil exporter. Instead, it asks the people to change their lifestyles when government ministers continue to burn fuel with their hummers.

K Ang, Penang, Malaysia

Dont think that the conservatives wont raise the taxes in another area of the economy to make up the difference.UK is already bankrupt so they cant afford to lose the tax income from petrol like this.

Luke, perth , australia

Another expensive and inept 'solution' that does nothing to solve the underlining problem that we are runnng out of fuel. The Conservatives need to do better.

simon, London,