Business diesel card news: RHA against fuel duty rise
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09 March, 10 The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has criticised Alistair Darling's plans to increase fuel duty on April 1st. With many hauliers already struggling because of the high fuel costs, the RHA is warning that the duty rise could mean the end of the road for some haulage companies. Geoff Dunning, chief executive at RHA, said that road users in Britain are already paying duty rates six times higher than in Europe and with the 2.5 per cent increase the chancellor is planning this will mean hauliers will be paying an average of £1,100 in fuel duty a year on each vehicle. "Of course we understand that in order to regain economic stability, certain sacrifices have to be made, but it seems grossly unfair [on the UK haulage industry]," he said. However, a Treasury spokesman said the duty rise was "an important part" of the government's measures to halve the country's deficit over the next four years. Posted by Tammy Brooks 
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