Labour to urge fuel duty rise halt

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Labour will force a Commons vote next week to call for a planned 3p hike in fuel duty to be postponed for a second time.

Ed Balls said "it cannot be right" to hit struggling families and businesses with another tax rise, and urged MPs from all sides to back demands for the Government to cancel the increase due in January. The shadow chancellor claims the move could be funded by cracking down on tax avoidance schemes.