Support grows for campaign to axe fuel duty rise

BUSINESS leaders have backed calls for the Coalition Government's three-pence fuel duty hike to be scrapped.

The support for the campaign by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce came as the SNP drafted a clause in the Westminster Parliament that would scrap the rise set to be published this week.

It forces a vote on the planned August rise as the budget completes the final stages of its passage through parliament.

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