What is fuel duty and how will the cut affect prices?

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Last year, Mr Sunak announced fuel duty would be frozen for the twelfth time in a row Last year, Mr Sunak used the autumn budget to announce fuel duty would be frozen for the twelfth time in a row, saving the average car driver £1,900, compared with the “duty escalator” that was in place before 2010. The Campaign for Better Transport has warned that the fuel duty cut will do nothing to reduce our dependence on oil or help people make the switch to more sustainable forms of transport. Promoting cycling is one easy way to do that Paul Tuohy, Campaign for Better Transport’s chief executive, said: “The financial impact of today’s fuel duty cut on people’s pockets will in fact be minimal, whereas the message it sends – that driving is preferable to using public transport - is much more detrimental. “Changes to National Insurance thresholds and cuts to fuel duty will help middle income families more than those in the lowest 20 per cent, and it will help those who are already richest even more.”