Motorists should 'fill up as normal' despite fuel prices soaring, minister says

Fuel spike pressures UK to address duty and profiteering

Ministers are under growing pressure to cancel a planned rise in fuel duty as the conflict in Iran continues to drive up petrol and diesel prices. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says de-escalating the conflict is the best way to help British consumers. We spoke to her, and began with the government’s claims that some businesses could profiteer from the crisis, asking her which businesses they mean.

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