Petrol drivers will face 69p per litre charges due to a tax cut freeze which is being thawed out from 2026. Fuel duty is a tax "included in the price you pay for petrol, diesel and other fuels used in vehicles or for heating", the Government explains on its website.

The tax is currently levied at a flat rate of 52.95p per litre for petrol and diesel . After that, VAT at 20% is charged on the sum of the duty and the pre-tax pump price. At the moment, fuel duty and the VAT it's subject to comes to around 64p (63.5p) per litre (not including VAT on the pump price, which isn't constant, and depends on the final sale price).

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The 52.95p rate has been frozen since 2011-12

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