FUEL duty could be increased by up to 5p by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
He is considering ending a ten-year freeze on the tax in his autumn Budget to help pay for Covid-19.
The move would automatically add 2p a litre at the pumps, as the price would go up in line with inflation. But a Treasury source says it has plans for an extra 3p on top.
Fed-up motorists urged the Chancellor to scrap plans for the tax hike.
Critics said it would be “madness” to raise the cost of driving while the Government tries to coax people back to the office.
Senior Tory MP Robert Halfon warned: “Now is not the time to clobber workers, families, white van men and women and our public services with a fuel duty increase.”
