£750m sweetener for motorists

Motorists were offered a £750 million pre-election sweetener today, as Chancellor George Osborne declared his ambition to impose a freeze on fuel duty until polling day in May 2015.

The freeze - which is conditional on finding savings elsewhere - was announced as Mr Osborne set out a tough new economic policy which will require future Conservative governments to run an absolute surplus during periods of growth.
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