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Fuel duty is to be increased for the first time in 16 years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). ‌

An OBR document published ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget said the 5p per litre cut in duty introduced by the Conservative government in March 2022 would only be extended until September 2026. ‌

It would be “reversed through a staggered approach”, the OBR said. ‌

From April 2027, the Government has stated that fuel duty rates will be increased annually by the RPI measure of inflation, the document said.

Fuel duty has not risen since April 2010.

Before the introduction of the 5p per litre cut, fuel duty had been frozen at 57.95p per litre since March 2011. ‌

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