Hard-pressed drivers ‘MUST be spared fuel duty hike as tensions in Middle East push up global oil prices'
New figures show petrol prices rose to 132.1p a litre yesterday, threatening to end a three-and-a-half month run of falls.
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Drivers must be spared a fuel duty hike as tensions in the Middle East push up global oil prices, MPs have warned
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Fears are growing Chancellor Rachel Reeves could look to scrap the 5p duty cut to shore up the public finances
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Wholesale costs have already surged 3p a litre in a week and are still rising.
The AA says the spike is being fuelled by conflict between Israel and
Now fears are growing Chancellor
Tory MP Saqib Bhatti said: 'As she struggles to make her accounts balance,
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Labour MP Graeme Downie added: 'The Chancellor said in the spending
review
she wanted to do everything she can to keep
money
in people's pockets.
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The Sun's Keep It Down campaign has helped freeze fuel duty since 2011
'At a time of volatility, that means keeping fuel duty as low as possible.'
The Sun's Keep It Down campaign has
A Treasury spokesman said: 'Our Plan for Change is putting more money in the pockets of working people.
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'We extended the fuel duty cut this year, saving drivers £3billion.'
Fuel duty STAYS FROZEN in victory for Sun's campaign
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