article_snippet.sent: ■Fuel duty would rise 'in line with inflation' under Labour, climate change spokesman Caroline Flint said yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: The last Labour government introduced the fuel duty escalator which saw the price of a litre of unleaded petrol rise by RPI inflation plus one pence.
article_snippet.sent: However, under the Coalition the fuel duty escalator which saw the price of a litre of unleaded petrol rise by RPI inflation plus one pence was frozen for a fifth year in succession, allowing the Chancellor to boast that motorists have had '£10 off a tank with the Tories'.