By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:37 PM on 27th May 2008
Last updated at 12:37 PM on 27th May 2008
Up to 1,000 lorry drivers caused traffic chaos today as they descended on London in the largest ever protest over fuel duty.
Truckers are angry at soaring fuel prices that have resulted in the average cost of diesel passing far beyond the 120p-a-litre mark.
They are demanding a government rebate to protect their struggling industry and allow them to compete with European hauliers as prices continue to rocket.
Business Secretary John Hutton today gave the strongest hint yet that the planned 2p rise in fuel duty could be further postponed this autumn in a bid to mollify the hauliers.
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