Irish cabinet to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel
by Lisa O'Carroll from on (#5WXT6)
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The Irish cabinet has agreed to slash excise duty on petrol from midnight, as pressure builds on the UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to follow suit and cut tax on fuel in the UK.
At a meeting in Dublin, ministers agreed a 20 cents (17p) cut in tax on unleaded petrol, 15 cents on diesel and 2 cents on agricultural diesel until the end of August.
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