Tory MPs threaten to rebel if fuel duty is raised in the Budget

Tory MPs have vowed to battle any move to increase fuel duty for 37 million hard-pressed motorists in next month’s Budget. Reports suggested new Chancellor Rishi Sunak might contemplate a 2p per litre rise in line with inflation, the first increase in a decade.  The move, said to have originated with No 10 chief aide … Read more