DRIVERS have been warned more cost of living pain is on the way as October's budget is expected to include a rise in fuel duty, according to the RAC. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to squeeze motorists further as the Government seeks to fill a "£22 billion black hole" in the public finances. 3 Millions of drivers face paying more fuel duty after October's budget, the RAC has warned Credit: Getty 3 Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to reverse a 2022 cut in the levy in her budget on October 30 Credit: Reuters The tax rate has been frozen at 57.
95p per litre since 2011, in part thanks to The Sun's Keep It Down campaign. It was even temporarily reduced by 5p to 52.95p in 2022, a cut which has been carried forward to 2024.
However, the RAC is now urging drivers to prepare for the first rise in the rate for over a decade, returning it to pre-2022 levels The Chancellor is expected to announce the move as part of a package of revenue raisers as the Treasury scrambles to balance the books. READ MORE MOTORS NEWS FORDING ON Abandoned Ford left on road so long council had to tarmac AROUND it FUEL ALARM Drivers face permanently high petrol prices if Reeves raises fuel duty in Budget It follows from Sir Keir Starmer's speech this week, in which he revealed that "things will get worse before they get better". The PM also called on "those with the broadest shoulders" to cough up more to fill the hole, which he blamed on the previous government.
Speaking in the Downing Street rose garden.