We visited the forecourt at Sainsbury’s and Oldham Central tram stop to get your views on the 5p fuel duty cut.

When we visited, prices had fallen 6p compared to the day before – that’s the 5p duty cut plus 1p VAT.

However, they were still more expensive than two weeks ago.

Filling up his car, Bernard Lucas, from Uppermill in Saddleworth, was in two minds about the cut to fuel duty – “Delighted it’s gone down at one level, but at another level, I’m not – because we have to deal with climate change.

“But from a personal point of view filling up the car is so expensive now.”

Jane, a nurse from Moorside in her 40s, was worried about the effect rising prices would have on working-class motorists. Telling us she relies on her car to get around, she said: “Any reduction is good. I think it’s a good thing that he’s [the Chancellor] done that.

“I think that they’ve put the prices up just in line with knowing what’s going on and they’re just extending it without giving a proper reason.

“It’s making it very difficult for people to be able to afford to have a living, have a vehicle, and it’s going to make it more and more difficult.”

Jennifer Osuala, from Oldham, was catching the tram from Oldham Central – when we asked what she thought of the cut fuel cost, she disagreed with the framing of the question: “It’s not gone down – it’s gone high. And it’s really frustrating – even though in April there’s going to be a pay rise, things are rising twice, even times five times, than they used to be, like my gas and electricity.

“A few months back it was £80, I could manage for four weeks until I got paid, but now I have to pay £140 for four weeks, which is still not enough. It’s the same thing as fuel – I go to work with fuel. Before, with £40 I could fill my tank, but now I have to pay double that – so how has it gone lower?”

Kevin Ogden, 73, from Royton, was also catching the tram. He said: “it’s a help – obviously over Ukraine and Covid, it’s got to be inflation – it’s going to be hard isn’t it really? So, I suppose anything helps.”

Asked if he thought an equivalent cut should be made to public transport, Kevin said “I think that varies from area to area really. I suppose if you want to get more people on public transport a cut would be useful, wouldn’t it?”