Comments by Richard Walker come as UK motorists face £2-a-litre diesel as Iran war drives wholesale prices to 4-year high
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Apr 03, 2026
Starmer’s cost of living tsar calls for rethink on fuel duty rise
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Financial Times (FT)
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