![]() Mr Hunt was immediately warned not to go ahead with any such rise in fuel duty amid the cost-of-living crisis and the misery motorists have already suffered due to sky-high pump prices in recent months. 'It is expected to raise the price of petrol and diesel by around 12 pence a litre,' it added. In their latest economic and fiscal outlook - to coincide with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement - the OBR said such a rise would be 'the first time any Government has raised fuel duty rates in cash terms since 1 January 2011'. It said the hike would add £5.7billion to Government receipts next year and represent a 'record cash increase'. ![]() The Office for Budget Responsibility pointed to a 'planned 23 per cent increase in the fuel duty rate' in late March in its new analysis. Motorists were today warned of a 12p a litre hike in the price of petrol and diesel next year by the UK's spending watchdog.
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