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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Amy Gibbons

HISTORICAL FACTS: Lib dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas | History Defined

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Fuel duty should be cut in rural areas to ease the pressure on families facing sky-high prices at the pump, ministers have been told.

Analysis by the Liberal Democrats suggests households in rural areas paid £114 in transport costs each week in the year to March 2020, almost £40 more than those in urban areas, equating to an extra burden of nearly £2,000 per year.

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