12:32pm Tuesday 4th March 2008
By Staff Reporter
BOLTON North-east MP David Crausby is calling on Chancellor Alistair Darling to scrap the planned price increase in fuel duty on petrol and diesel.
Fuel prices are already more than £1 a litre and will rise again by 2p in April with the new duty.
After adding his name to a motion in Parliament, Mr Crausby admitted the Government was at the mercy of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is based in Saudi Arabia and charging more than $100 dollars for a barrel.
But he added: "The Government does have control over the amount of duty they collect from British motorists."
He said the 2p duty rise would mean a significant financial burden on those on low incomes and those who lived in rural areas where public transport inadequate.
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