The government defeated an opposition motion in the House of Commons on Monday to defer the planned increase in road fuel duties on 1 January 2013. The rates of duty on road fuels were originally increased by FA 2011 s 20 with effect from 1 January 2012, although those increases were deferred firstly by statutory instrument and then by FA 2012 s 188.
Conservative MPs were, however, encouraged to vote with the government, on the understanding that an announcement would be included in the Autumn Statement on 5 December, suggesting that the increase will be postponed further.
The government defeated an opposition motion in the House of Commons on Monday to defer the planned increase in road fuel duties on 1 January 2013. The rates of duty on road fuels were originally increased by FA 2011 s 20 with effect from 1 January 2012, although those increases were deferred firstly by statutory instrument and then by FA 2012 s 188.
Conservative MPs were, however, encouraged to vote with the government, on the understanding that an announcement would be included in the Autumn Statement on 5 December, suggesting that the increase will be postponed further.
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