A FRESH round of fuel price protests could be on the way as the cost of petrol and diesel threatens to spiral out of control.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins has added his voice to the chorus calling for Chancellor Gordon Brown to drop his plans to raise fuel duty by two pence per litre in September in light of the soaring international price of oil.
The price of a barrel of crude oil reached a 14-year high this week following terrorist attacks which killed 22 people in Saudia Arabia the world biggest oil producer.
David Handley, chairman of Farmers For Action and People's Fuel Lobby, has said there could be direct action.
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