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Budget latest: £100m for potholes
By Visordown News on 23/03/2011 13:19:10
Chancellor George Osborne announced extra road repair funding
£100 million has been set aside to pay for pothole repairs across the UK.This is a doubling of current funding which is a start but will struggle to dent the £9.5 billion backlog that councils face.
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Government scrap 3p fuel rise
By Visordown News on 26/06/2012 16:44:59
Government controversial 3p fuel duty increase postponed until January 2013
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has announced that the government will postpone August's planned 3p rise in fuel duty until January next year.The controversial plans had been under criticism from motoring groups and Labour and MPs from other parties had
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Budget latest: Fuel duty cut
By Ross Sharp on 23/03/2011 14:56:40
Government yields to pressure and reduces duty by 1p
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has announced a 1p per litre cut in fuel duty, effective from 1800GMT today.The fuel duty escalator has also been abolished."The fuel duty escalator, that adds an extra penny on top of inflation every year
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Brits pay highest proportion of tax on fuel
By Visordown News on 29/02/2012 11:05:22
Another rise likely
, VAT increases too.Chancellor George Osborne hinted that he would make no concessions to motorists in his budget next month.Fuel duty accounts for £27 billion each year to the Treasury in revenue, cutting it by 1p a litre would cost the Treasury £500
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