Limiting benefit rises to 1 %, scrapping
the planned fuel duty increase, devolving power over teacher pay to schools and cutting corporation tax are steps in the right direction.
Not exact matches
Late last year, George Osborne postponed Labour's
planned increase in
fuel duty, but the
planned increase is due to come into force in August this year.
Shadow chancellor urges government to postpone August's
planned 3p
increase in
fuel duty until next year
The CBI also wants the government to reconsider
planned increases in
fuel duty, changes to air passenger
duty and to look at deregulating small mergers to help struggling firms survive by joining forces.
The political damage from George Osborne's U-turn on
plans to
increase fuel duty deepened on Tuesday night when he was accused of leaving one of his junior ministers to carry the can during an interview in which she struggled to explain how the freeze would be funded.
The government has not raised
fuel duty in line with inflation and has cancelled a string of
planned increases.