Rise in fuel duty would cripple families this winter, Labour warned

Labour is under pressure to scrap plans for a 7p rise in fuel duty amid warnings it will cripple family finances this winter.

Ministers have lined up a triple whammy of fuel duty rises at the start of next year as they try to plug a hole in the public finances.

But campaigners on Sunday night urged Chancellor John Healey to use next month’s Budget to ditch the plans drawn up by his predecessor Rachel Reeves.

Pump prices have risen to levels not seen since the start of the Ukraine war as the crisis in the Middle East intensifies.

According to RAC Fuel Watch,

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