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Wednesday, 27 June 2012

BBC News

• Ed Balls: 'Wrong signal' on fuel duty [Audio clip]Transport Secretary Justine Greening has said she will not lobby the Treasury to postpone the rise in petrol due in August, but said we should challenge the petrol retailers to cut the price, as the global oil price has come down considerably.
• £3bn upgrade of A9 to start earlyThe Scottish government says it will start work on making the A9 dual carriageway all the way from Inverness to Perth earlier than expected.
• VIDEO: Fuel tax freeze: 'It all helps'Motorists have welcomed the government's announcement that it will delay a 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty until January.
• Planned 3p fuel duty rise delayedThe government will delay a 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty from August until next January, it announces.

The Herald

• Osborne fuel duty U-turnGeorge Osborne has scrapped the 3p-a-litre fuel duty rise set for August 1, in what Labour last night branded

The Independent

• Another Budget U-turn as George Osborne announces 3p fuel duty rise is to be axedFuel duty is to be frozen for the rest of this year George Osborne announced this afternoon “ in yet another budget U-turn.Related StoriesTom Winsor promises 'fearless independence' as he aims to shine a light into 'darkest corners' of policingLabour will support Bill to reform Lords, says MilibandGraduate sues Government over 'slave labour' schemesLeveson Inquiry: News Corp 'made threat to Lib Dems over BSkyB'Call for Jersey's independence

The Telegraph

• Osborne accused of panic as fuel duty rise is scrappedAugust's fuel duty rise scrapped by Osborne in crowd-pleasing U-turn that leads to claims of panic in Treasury.

Mail Online

• Reverse gear on petrol tax: As fuel duty is scrapped it's great news for motorists... but another embarrassing U-turn for the ChancellorGeorge Osborne said the move, which has been greeted with delight by campaigners and motoring groups, reflected the 'very difficult economic times'.

Birmingham Post

• Calls for 3p rise in fuel duty to be scrappedLabour is to try to pressure Chancellor George Osborne into scrapping a 3p rise in fuel duty due to take effect in August.

London Evening Standard

• Osborne cancels 3p fuel duty riseA planned 3p rise in fuel duty has been put off until January in a £550 million change of heart by George Osborne that delighted motorists and MPs.

Metro

• Chancellor George Osborne scraps planned 3p rise in fuel dutyGeorge Osborne has scrapped the government's planned 3p per litre rise in fuel duty due to come into effect in August and frozen the tax for the remainder of the year. The Treasury said the fuel duty move had been planned for some time (Picture: PA) The chancellor told MPs the move, which will save motorists £500million, would be paid for from departmental savings across Whitehall.'We are on the side of working families and businesses and this will fuel our recovery at this very difficult economic time for the world,' Mr Osborne said in the Commons to cheers from the Conservative MPs.'The one-...
• Girl given 14 train tickets for Leicester to Leeds round tripRachel Woodward needed 14 tickets to get to Leicester from Leeds and back again by train. Rachel Woodward was given 14 tickets for the 200-mile round trip (Picture: PA) A ticket machine at Leeds printed out 14 passes “ and a receipt “ for Ms Woodward, who had booked the 320km (200-mile) round trip on the web. They were made up of two tickets for her and four for her bicycle, plus four seat reservations and four for the bike. ˜When I was at the machine the tickets would just not stop coming out,™ said Ms Woodward, 28. ˜At first, I thought there was something wrong because there were 15 bits ...

Other Regional Press

• MP backs scrapped rise in fuel dutyAn MP has welcomed news that a rise in fuel duty planned for August has been scrapped until the end of the year.

Other News Sources

• New coalition U-turn as Osborne freezes fuel duty Fuel duty will be frozen until the end of the year, George Osborne announced today in another significant Budget U-turn.
• Regus to open business centres at service stationsCentres planned for three motorway services in the UK from the autumn