Most voters blame Labour for soaring fuel costs

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More than a third of voters believe Labour is primarily responsible for high fuel prices.

A poll looked at how motorists have changed their habits in recent months and how the high price of fuel and car taxes will affect the way they vote.

It found that 38 per cent laid most of the blame for high prices at the pumps at the feet of the Government.

The survey also suggests that more than a third (35 per cent) are more likely to vote for a political party which promises to lower car and fuel taxes.

Edmund King, president of The Automobile Association, said: 'Normally in politics when it comes to elections, health and education are right up there, rightly so, but you don't hear much about transport. But now motoring is becoming much more of an issue.'

Gordon Brown was accused of playing politics with petrol prices earlier this month after finally confirming this autumn's planned 2p rise in fuel duty had been scrapped.

About a fifth of respondents to the survey, conducted by ICM Research for BBC 1's Panorama, said they thought oil-producing countries were primarily responsible for high fuel prices and 20 per cent blamed oil companies. Just 11 per cent blamed stock market traders.

Panorama airs on Monday July 28 at 8.30pm.