Fuel duty increase cancelled
The Chancellor has scrapped August's planned 3p rise in fuel duty and frozen the tax for the rest of this year. The £550m cost of the change will be paid for by departmental savings across Whitehall.
Lib Dem MP: 'Fuel duty u-turn ensures families are being helped'
Liberal Democrat MP Danny Alexander has told ITV News that the Government's u-turn on fuel duty increases was "the right thing to do" and that the Chancellor was "helping to ensure families and businesses are being helped by the coalition".
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