Autumn Statement – Jeremy Hunt denies plans to raise fuel duty, BBC ‘road tax’ row Tory backbench MPs call for tax on fuel to be frozen again as Office for Budget Responsibility suggests 23 per cent rise coming in March cycling
But speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning, the Chancellor said: “Let me clear that up, that is not government policy. We will make a decision on that at the next budget in the Spring.
If true, a 23 per cent increase from next March would therefore see fuel duty on leaded petrol rise to 77.08 pence per litre, and for the other categories to 65.13 pence per litre – in both cases, the highest levels ever. It was replaced by the Fuel Duty Stabiliser after the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition came to power in 2010, and while Brown’s successor at Number 11, George Osborne, initially announced plans to increase it above inflation, those were subsequently abandoned.
With his backers describing him as “the most pro-driver Chancellor in history,” Sunak said: “As Chancellor, I introduced the largest cut to fuel duty in a generation, and as Prime Minister I will go further so that we stop the war on motorists once and for all.
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