Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to offer a support package to households struggling with higher heating oil costs this week. Petrol prices have jumped to an 18-month high, according to motoring organisation the RAC, leading to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warning his government "will step in" if fuel companies "try to rip off customers" last week. Shown that the largest chunk of petrol cost at the pump was fuel duty at 38%, Miliband was asked whether the government would maintain the current freeze on fuel duty from September. "The thing I learned from previous crisis was the British people expect us to be by their side and no vested interest, no powerful interest, will stand in the way of that. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey told Kuenssberg there was a "huge problem with the hike in oil prices, in petrol prices, in energy bills, in mortgage costs, thanks to this illegal and damaging war". Sign up for our Politics Essential newsletter to read top political analysis, gain insight from across the UK and stay up to speed with the big moments.