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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Sunak to consider fuel duty cut amid claims petrol prices are ‘pump fiction’

Petrol and diesel pumps at a Shell petrol station forecourt in Portland
Rishi Sunak cut fuel duty by 5p a litre in March, but petrol prices have not fallen accordingly. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has promised to consider another cut to fuel duty amid claims that prices at forecourts are “pump fiction” as they fail to reflect wholesale costs.

The chancellor said on Tuesday that he would examine whether to reduce the levy further after cutting it by 5p a litre in March.

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