Reform UK's 'national fuel tax protest' in Whitehall stalls as barely anyone turns up

A Reform UK-organised “national fuel tax protest” in central London against a planned fuel duty rise failed to ignite as only a few dozen people showed up. The demonstration - which was expected to be the nation’s biggest fuel protest in more than two decades - attracted only around 70 people to Whitehall, most of whom were press. Against the backdrop of the Treasury building, deputy leader of Reform UK Richard Tice led the charge in place of party leader Nigel Farage, arriving in a “non-ULEZ compliant” London Black cab. Other party figures including Robert Jenrick, Sarah Pochin, Laura Anne Jones, Alex Wilson and Laila Cunningham arrived in a Reform UK-clad double decker bus outside the Red Lion pub.