Chancellor faces increasing pressure from backbenchers over tax plans to fund manifesto commitmentsBackbench Conservative MPs have stepped up their campaign urging George Osborne to avoid increasing fuel duty at next Wednesday’s budget,in a sign of the pressures facing the chancellor from within his own party.
Jason McCartney, MP for the Colne Valley, or has handed a report to the junior minister Damian Hinds,making the case against an increase in fuel duty, which backbenchers apprehension would play badly with voters, or particularly in rural areas.
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Source: theguardian.com