Budget 2013: Fuel duty rise cancelled by chancellor

A rise in fuel duty scheduled for introduction in September has been cancelled, Chancellor George Osborne said in his Budget speech.

Petrol would now be 13 pence per litre cheaper than it would have been had the duty not been frozen over the last two years, he said.

"For a Vauxhall Astra or a Ford Focus, that's £7 less every time you fill up," he said.

The level of the now-scrapped increase had not been announced.

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