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Osborne plan to slash fuel duty

Updated on 06 July 2008

Source PA News

Fuel duty would be slashed to help hard-pressed families deal with soaring prices, under radical Tory plans.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne promised to link tax levels to oil prices, so the Government "shared the pain" of hikes.

If the measures had been implemented at the last Budget duty would currently be 5p lower - easing the impact on motorists at the pumps.

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