The Chancellor of the Exchequer has just announced in the Commons that he will not proceed with the planned 3p increase in fuel duty this August.
In his Autumn Statement George Osborne postponed a scheduled 3p rise in fuel duty for January but said that the planned rise this Summer would proceed - even though it would be cut from 5p to 3p.
He has now responded to pressure from some Tory backbenchers and The Sun newspaper who were joined by Labour today when Ed Balls called for the duty to be frozen.
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