UK government to scrap planned rise in fuel tax, Sun reports

Rachel Reeves ‘rakes in nearly £500m’ as UK drivers demand key change

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Reeves Set to Abandon Planned Rise in Fuel Tax, The Sun Reports

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will this week scrap the government’s planned hike to fuel duty, the Sun reported, without saying where it got the information.

Petrol and diesel drivers caught 'off guard' by new taxes as older vehicles hit with highest costs

Motorists driving older petrol and diesel cars have been taken "off guard" by annual road tax bills of £170 under new rates announced this year.The changes to Vehicle Excise Duty affect vehicles first registered between March 2001 and April 2017, with thousands of drivers potentially impacted by the updated tax bands.VED amounts are calculated according to carbon dioxide emissions rather than vehicle age, a distinction that continues to surprise…

Rachel Reeves expected to announce she will keep the 5p fuel duty cut

RACHEL Reeves is expected to announce she is scrapping the 5p hike to fuel duty later this week. The Chancellor is poised to make the...

UK government to scrap planned rise in fuel tax, Sun reports

British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to announce next week that she will postpone a planned rise in tax on ​motor fuel that is due to take place in ‌September, the Sun newspaper reported late on Saturday.

Treasury wobble: Reeves poised to ditch autumn budget fuel duty hike as fairfueluk pressure tells

For the umpteenth time in 16 years of campaigning, the Westminster fuel-tax script appears to be writing itself again. According to Treasury sources briefing the FairFuelUK campaign, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to drop the planned fuel duty rise from her Autumn Budget, though insiders caution that any reprieve is unlikely to survive beyond the March 2027 Financial Statement. The retreat, if confirmed at the despatch box, will be the la…