Budget 2021: Fuel duty frozen for 11th consecutive year

Fuel duty is to remain frozen at 57.95p per litre for both petrol and diesel for the 11th year running, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced.
Delivering his second Budget in the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak confirmed reports that a planned hike in fuel duty - which has remained at the same level since 2009 - had been scrapped.
He said: “Right now, to keep the cost of living low, I’m not prepared to increase the cost of a tank of fuel, so the planned increase in fuel duty is