Chancellor George Osborne is under renewed pressure to abandon a planned increase in fuel duty, amid warnings that the rising price of petrol is putting household budgets under unprecedented pressure.
As MPs prepare to vote tomorrow on the planned 3p per litre increase due in January, the consumer organisation Which? said more people than ever are being forced to cut back on motoring costs.
Its latest poll found 85% of people expressed fears about rising fuel prices, a nine-point increase since July.
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