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  Prime Minister - Cost of Living - Public Transport Fares - VAT on Fuel
  
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  @ MP voted no against reducing public transport fares, and against reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy. 
  @ MP voted aye in favour of reducing public transport fares, and reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against reducing public transport fares, and against reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy. 
  
  MPs were considering sending a message to the monarch following the state opening of Parliament saying:
  
  :Most Gracious Sovereign,
  :We, Your Majestyâs most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
  
  This vote was on adding the following:
  
  :but 
  :''believe'' that the Gracious Speech fails to help families, squeezed households and pensioners to deal with the cost of living crisis and the double-dip recession; 
  :''regret'' that cuts to feed-in tariffs and the Warm Front scheme mean that families and pensioners who are paying higher electricity and gas bills have been abandoned by the Government; 
  :''call on your Government'' to ensure that energy companies meet their obligations and provide the cheapest tariffs for over 75s, to protect small business owners, to ensure the Green Deal is offered fairly to all consumers and cuts bills to increase competition in the energy market to drive down energy bills for all; 
  :''urge'' your Government to reverse their out of touch decision to increase rail fares by three per cent above inflation in 2013 and 2014, and to allow train companies to increase train fare prices by a further five per cent; 
  :''call on your Government'' to ensure that train operators cap all regulated fares fairly across all journeys so that no regulated train fare increase is more than one per cent above inflation, to reform the bus market by extending to the rest of England London-style powers to regulate fares, protect services and to require operators to provide a concessionary scheme for young people; and 
  :''further call'' on your Government to help hard pressed motorists by temporarily reducing VAT to cut fuel prices and boost the economy.â.
  
  
  
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