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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
can they scrap fuel duty, it only rasies a few billion a years, but keeps rasies inflation higher
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Maybe they will and maybe it'll make economic sense to do so. I think we've got to the point where a lot of people are finding fuel prices such that they're having to make major changes to their lifestyles and jobs. Now whilst it may be good for the planet for us all to drive less, it probably isn't good for the Chancellor so maybe he'll decide that he'll gain more by abandoning the planned rises and avoiding another major fall in fuel sales. It'd be interesting to see some official stats on the effect of duty increases on sales and overall revenue.