# Relief for motorists as Chancellor ‘admits planned fuel duty hikes can’t go ahead’ amid Middle East crisis – with Budget set to maintain freeze

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/relief-for-motorists-as-chancellor-admits-planned-fuel-duty-hikes-cant-go-ahead-amid-middle-east-crisis-with-budget-set-to-maintain-freeze/
- Published: 2026-10-27T10:20:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T12:57:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16241875/Relief-motorists-Chancellor-admits-planned-fuel-duty-hikes-ahead-amid-Middle-East-crisis-Budget-set-maintain-freeze.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Fuel duty is expected to stay frozen at 53p a litre.
- The 5p-a-litre cut is expected to continue.
- Diesel has passed £2 a litre.

## Summary

Chancellor John Healey is expected to keep fuel duty frozen at 53p a litre and extend the 5p-a-litre cut at the Budget, easing pressure on motorists facing steep pump prices. The decision would reverse a planned end to the freeze, which would have raised duty for the first time in 16 years.

Diesel has topped £2 a litre, while average unleaded petrol costs £1.75, its highest price in more than four years. In an RAC survey of 1,206 motorists, 65 per cent said high fuel costs were forcing them to cut other spending and 47 per cent said they were struggling to cope. The Budget is also expected to make permanent a 55p mileage allowance for the first 10,000 work miles, with the rate above that rising from 25p to 35p.

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