article_snippet: Mr Osborne added: ‘It’s a cost that bears heavily on small businesses too.
article_snippet: ‘not to step back on the escalator’.
article_snippet: the Chancellor added: ‘We give Mr Osborne six out of ten for endeavour and will continue to campaign that duty should be frozen for the lifetime of the next Parliament.
article_snippet: RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister added: ‘
article_snippet: ’ Ashley Hollinshead of accountants
article_snippet: The figure will be matched by private-sector funding for a total pot of £1,408200million.