UK Diesel Tax Deferred for 6 Months
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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UK Minister Alistair Darling has bowed to growing worries over rising living costs before
his first Budget today by delaying for six months the 2p rise in petrol duty
due on April 1.
Despite signals over the weekend that he would go ahead with the increase,
record oil prices and a determined last-ditch campaign by the motoring
organisations have persuaded him to show consumers that he is aware of their
concerns.
The move will damage Mr Darling’s claim to be introducing a “green” Budget,
but he will tell MPs that duty rises planned for the next two years will go
ahead and that there are good environmental reasons for them.
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