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Pre-Budget report 'should not hurt drivers'

By Tom Farley, Wed 9 Dec 2009 - Published in Car Insurance

The AA is calling on the chancellor to avoid placing extra burdens on motorists in today's pre-Budget report.

In the last year, fuel duty has increased by 5.84 pence per leading, leading the group to say Alistair Darling should maintain it at the current level.

AA president Edmund King said: "Petrol and diesel in the UK are already heavily taxed so we don't want to see the chancellor pulling any tricks out of his box to hammer the motorist."

Mr King also claimed that "political reasons" could see Mr Darling to immediately increase fuel duty rather than wait for the one pence increased which is set for April 1st.

However, the AA president suggested this would harm the UK's chance of economic recovery, as road transport is the main way of getting goods into the country's shops.

A recent report by Gocompare.com found that it costs more than £5,000 for a young driver to get onto the road, with £2,455 of this accounted for by car insurance.