Yesterday the Treasury announced that the planned 2p rise per litre on fuel duty has been postponed. There had been a lot of pressure on the government to postpone the rise after the cost of fuel soared over the past year due to high oil prices.

The 2p rise was originally planned for April 2008, but Darling postponed it until October 1st, now is has been postponed again until April 1st 2009. We will have to see how things go over the next 6 months, fingers crossed the 2p rise will be postponed again!