Reeves Set to Abandon Planned Rise in Fuel Tax, The Sun Reports
Reeves is now expected to ditch the plan, as part of efforts to help with the cost of living.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergUK 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.
The tax rate on petrol and diesel had been due to rise from September, when a 5p cut made in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was set to be phased out.