The Chancellor should end the 12-year freeze on fuel duty in this Budget. Even with a rise of around 6p, Fuel Duty will remain very low by historic standards and still be lower than after the 5p cut was introduced in March 2022.

Poorer and younger households will be most impacted by the bus fare cap increasing to £3. The lowest income fifth take twice as many £2+ bus trips than the richest, and those under 30 take almost 4 times as many as the over 60's.

Higher energy bills driving today's inflation figures, with changes in fuel costs behind nearly 90% of the year-on-year increase. Policies that pay for environmental and social schemes (among other things) up a bit too but nowhere near as much